Neanderthals?

Question

Is it true Neanderthals could have been assimilated rather than wiped out? Whats your thoughts on this theory?

Answer 1

Neanderthals could have been the first captives of war. It is quite possible for the females to had s*x with their new masters, being the Homo-sapians.

Like, this could have been the dawning of what the human race has done ever since.

Lets face it, who was the ones who actually ate all those apples from the parables in Geneses. It must have been someone who started those rumours about those apples in the first place.

Was it really the neanderthals or those Homo's who ate those apples of knowledge!

Answer 2

My guess, is that sapiens sapiens got into contact with those, and that some virus could have decimate them, as they were not used to be in contact with other races before... Anyways, there is some findings that point out at similarities between features of both species mixed together later on... So it might proves that interbreeding as occured thus allowing assimilation of the Neanderthals by the sapiens, sapiens.

It might proves why there is so many different anatomical features in Europe than in the rest of the world...

Answer 3

The current thought is that there was no assimilation between Neanderthals and higher forms of human.

Answer 4

There is some evidence that Neanderthals interbred with modern humans, but not a lot. There is more evidence to suggest that they became extinct. Why this happened is still up for debate. We don't really know if they could have interbred, but it's a possibility, as they were most likely very, very closely related. It would be interesting to see if such offspring had been viable.

Answer 5

Incorporated into the Homo-Sapien race is the theory until something else comes up.

    There has been no DNA evidence so far from any Neanderthal to prove one way or the other what happen to them and as far as percentages of DNA, there have been only several DNA strands that are identifiable since there are approximately 300 million combinations of DNA possible. So, until something comes up in the scientific community, the Neanderthal will be as much as a mystery today as it has been for years.

Answer 6

I believe, speaking from personal observances, that the neanderthals have not been wiped out at all, but rather exist in great numbers in Texas.  We now call them "rednecks".

Answer 7

I believe that genetic research indicates that Neanderthals were different species and therefore not capable of mating with homosapians.

Answer 8

I think there is very little chance of assimilation due to the differences in social structure but I am sure there was some cross breeding to a certain degree....just not on the scale that would add significant neanderthal dna to our own.

Answer 9

Not assimilated.

I mean, they couldn't have children with Homo Sapiens, because of the difference in genes.

Answer 10

Scientists have discovered that 5% of the DNA of the average european

is non-homo-sapien, and it is presumed to be neanderthalic. Other races

have not yet been tested for non-homo-sapien DNA.

Answer 11

Unfortunately that wouldn't be possible, as they were a seperate strain of humans. Even a 1% difference between two species can determine reproduction impossible between two species (for some animals it can be possible e.g hybrids.) There are usually only a 0.05% range of difference between different ethnic groups.

Not to mention, Neanderthals consumed much more than homo sapiens did. Due to a changing climate, they were unable to adapt which led to their decline. Fortunately this was one decline we weren't wholly responsible for.

Answer 12

It seems that there isn't any way to know difinitively.

If you look at the fossil evidence, it appears that there are some instances of juvenille hybrids.  They appear to have some of the marks of very muscled jaws.  While in older adults, this could mark a diet of fiborous foods, in a juvenille, it seems to indicate an inherited feature.

But these juvenilles did not reproduce and we have no evidence that other hybrids reached maturity and did.  Single, rare unions that produced hybrid children do not necessarily mean that Neandertals were fully assimilated and that their population merged with anatomically modern homo sapiens.

My personal feeling is that there was some interbreeding, but it was likely rare. There may be some lingering DNA fragments, but I don't think that both groups merged seamlessly and harmoniously.  Rather, the offspring of such unions were likely due to violent encounters. My theory is that Neandertal men impregnated anatomically modern human women during raids. Those offspring were born of AMH women and may have been allowed to live within their community and reproduce (they looked a little different, but no one really questioned who the father was), but this is the exception, rather than the rule.

Answer 13

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