Where did the neanderthal man live?

Question

Where did the neanderthal man live?

Answer 1

There's probably a massive article on this in Wikipedia however I'm feeling charitable at the moment so mainly Europe but also in the mountainous areas of the Near East and Iran and in parts of Russia so possibly all the way across Northern Eurasia.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Just to add to the other answers, they are called "Neanderthal",or "Neandertal" because their remains were first discovered in the Neander valley in Germany.

While popularly depicted as slow, dumb and brutishand eventually being forced into extinction by the more "advanced" Cro-magnons, who resembled modern humans, evidence has come to light that they weren't as dumb as they looked. There is also evidence that Neandertals may have coexisted with modern humans up to 15,000 years after Homo sapiens had migrated into Europe. It is believed that the population of Neanderthals was never much more than 10,000 individuals.

Answer 4

If you mean where did neanderthals live geographically, they pretty much dominated all of Europe at one time. If you mean what kinds of structures did they live in, we know they lived in caves but since you can't find caves everywhere I would speculate they probably also built simple lean-to's of some type for their shelter (any evidence for which, though, would have rotted away long ago).

Answer 5

In Western Europe.

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Answer 6

From the evidence so far, it looks like neaderthal man lived in Europe...

Answer 7

Mostly in Europe, but also down into North Africa and the middle East, and a fair way across West Asia, as far as Southern Siberia..

Answer 8

He was either human or he was an ape, you cant have it both ways.

Answer 9

apparently they lived in caves...but I suppose they used whatever shelter they could find...as for the location where they found remains of the neanderthal man, as far as I know it's in Germany in the valley of the river Neander...

Answer 10

They lived as far north as England, west to Spain & Portugal, south to Israel, and east to Iran...

They lived in Hunting/Gathering tribes of 30-200, probably with an Alpha Male & Female, from about 325,000 years ago, until about 25,000 years ago, when they became "extinct"...

Their estimated population is believed to have never exceeded 10,000 worldwide, in their 300,000 years of existence...

Answer 11

the neander valley? probably down the street from fred flintstone... i think the car pooled together....

Answer 12

I have one living with me right now i call him my husband

Answer 13

I assume...all over Europe. Africa and Asia but probably not on the North/South American Continent.

I believe that by the time 18,000 to 30,000 yrs ago, when out original peoples arrived from Siberia and China, the proto-Americans were already Homo Sapiens Sapiens.

So, my guess is Africa, Asia and Europe.

Answer 14

Neandertal Man, Homo sapiens neanderthalenis was first discovered in Germany's Neander Valley. The find was made in 1859. The bones were at various times claimed to be that of a caveman, an ape, a deformed human, and even a Russian Cossack from Napoleon's Army! (The bowed legs were from a lifetime spent on a horse. He was wounded and crawled into the cave to die as Napoleon retreated.)

With a short, stocky body, bowed legs and a large jutting ridge over his eyes, Neandertal quickly be came portrayed as a brutish, dimwitted, and not acceptable in polite Company. In short the stereotypical caveman of bad movies.

Much of the problem that when the remains were fitted together, the scientist got it wrong. Moreover, the body was deformed due to arthritis. Modern reconstruction's, while keeping the stocky build have changed the image. One display even has a Neandertal in evening clothes.

The Neandertals existed between 30,000 and 200,000 years ago. Their physical stature is similar to the Inuit of the far north (Eskimos) The body form conserves heat in a cold environment. Their bones were thicker, nasal passages larger, and their brains were of greater size then those of present-day humans. The Neandertals have huge noses, perhaps to pre-warm air before it enters the body. The remains are found mainly in Europe with isolated sites in Russia and the Middle East

The Neandertals used a limited tool kit to survive. The developed the Mousterian system to chip stone and make their axes, scrapers, and points. Throughout their known existence, they did not change their tool styles. Almost 3/4 of the game remains found at Neandertal sites is that if reindeer. Most Neandertal remains show injuries such as broken bones and dislocations. It has been suggested that their hunting methods exposed them to great danger and involved close contact with their prey. It has been suggested that Neandertals hunted only specific animals rather then a broad range as did Cro-Magnon.



The Neandertals were the first to express a religion. They buried their dead. Graves goods, food, tools and even flowers were interred with the body. One body found in Iraq was that of an old man that could only have lived based on the care of others. He had arthritis, a head injury that left him blind in one eye, and an amputed arm.

Recent testing of Neandertal DNA show that present day humans are not descended from the Neandertals. This has placed them outside the human line of descent. However, it should be remembered that this has happened before, Neandertals were out, only to be put back in.

Neandertals lived during the height of the last ice age. They were well adapted to the climate and were well able to survive. When the climate changed it appears that they were incapable of changing with it.