Assimilation seems likely. Either Cro-Magnons killed the male Neanderthals and took the women to mate with, or some unions happened more peaceably when the two met to trade. Per Larry Gonick’s “Cartoon History of the Word”, Older Neanderthal man: “I’ve got some nice rocks here, and a fine daughter”. Younger Cro-Magnon Man: “Well, I’ve already GOT some rocks, so….”
Latest studies show that Neanderthals were as developed as Sapiens and had speech, a necessity to teach the new generation and exchange knowledge. They voices, from the study of their larynx, were probably higher pitched than ours. From the study of their brains however, it seems that they had way less empathy than we did. We traded smell for more room for the part of the brain where empathy come from, Neanderthals had a much smaller area. It could mean smaller groups and less help and sharing. As well, it seems that they were already on their way out when Sapiens arrived. The big difference between the two human species is that when events wiped out the human population more Sapiens came to replace them while the European native Neanderthals had no more reserves.
fuzzbucket Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Neanderthals didn’t die out. They were assimilated.
MartinPerry1 almost 2 years ago
One thing about living in the Paleolithic. It didn’t take long to learn everything there was to learn. No literature, science, maths, etc.
roberta.forbes.pyle almost 2 years ago
Assimilation seems likely. Either Cro-Magnons killed the male Neanderthals and took the women to mate with, or some unions happened more peaceably when the two met to trade. Per Larry Gonick’s “Cartoon History of the Word”, Older Neanderthal man: “I’ve got some nice rocks here, and a fine daughter”. Younger Cro-Magnon Man: “Well, I’ve already GOT some rocks, so….”
cabalonrye almost 2 years ago
Latest studies show that Neanderthals were as developed as Sapiens and had speech, a necessity to teach the new generation and exchange knowledge. They voices, from the study of their larynx, were probably higher pitched than ours. From the study of their brains however, it seems that they had way less empathy than we did. We traded smell for more room for the part of the brain where empathy come from, Neanderthals had a much smaller area. It could mean smaller groups and less help and sharing. As well, it seems that they were already on their way out when Sapiens arrived. The big difference between the two human species is that when events wiped out the human population more Sapiens came to replace them while the European native Neanderthals had no more reserves.