Neanderthals
The Infinite Monkey Cage
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Neandertos - Are They a Missing Link?
Neandertos are not some sort of missing link between us and our common ancestors with chimpanzees, which were like six million years ago. So neandertos begin emerging somewhere between 400 and 350 thousand years ago. And in fact, our own species, homesapians, appear to be emerge in a similar way in africa at about the same time. Neandtals do their thing in western eurasia and we do our thing in africa. But by forty thousand years ago, it appears that pretty much everywhere, that is the end of when we see neadatals. Except, of course, they didn't disappear, because they are still in us.
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