We have neanderthal man and homosapiens is the rest just c**p!?

Question

My question is this neanderthal man looked the way he did because of lack of vitamin d fish and cold environment yet he was very very human. Is the rest just c**p humans like any other animal has variations based on environment over time.

In other words im trying to say regardless of skeltal finds are humans simply unique? Who is to say we were ever apes we are apelike but we have different lobes in our brains that allow speech and non verbal communication. The other great apes like gorillas and chimps have this to an extent. My question is have we really changed that much maybe we havent in the last thousands of years or whatever.

Answer 1

If you want to know what scientists have actually found, go here:

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/bein...

Some of the links are to "subscriber only" stuff, but others are to free stuff.

Uh, we haven't changed in the last few thousands; we have changed in the last, say 900,000.

By the way "Neanderthal man looked the way he did because of..." is NOT a question, but a statement.

Uh, we ARE apes. That's just fact, whether a given person says it or not.

Answer 2

Neanderthals were a different species Some points:

The  nucleotide  sequences (which provide structure for DNA are significantly different from Early Modern Humans (EMH) It appears only  25% of the Neanderthal was shared with the EMHs.

As a group Neanderthals hard larger heads and smaller bodies. The average height for a male was only 5 feet.

EMHs had vertical foreheads and a more rounded skull. The also had pointed chins. Neandertal had a larger occipatal bun (the back of the skull was bigger and gave them a long skull

The species big noses "An adaptation for warming inhaled frigid air as it passed through the enlarged nasal cavities; a mean of condensing and conserving moisture in exhaled breath; and a secondary consequence in the facial region of severe chewing pressures centered at the front of the jaw."

http://www.stanford.edu/~harryg/protecte...

"Several features of the skeleton unique to Neanderthals appear to be related to cold climate adaptations. These features include limb-bone proportions and muscle attachments indicative of a broad, slightly short, and strong body; a large, rounded nasal opening; and a suite of anatomical traits of the skul"

http://anthropology.si.edu/HumanOrigins/...

"The Neanderthal pelvis also seems to be highly characteristic, so much that in incomplete specimens the pelvic canal appeared to be unusually large, prompting Erik Trinkaus to postulate that gestation was prolonged in this species, the infant at birth therefore being larger than in modern humans."

http://www.stanford.edu/~harryg/protecte...

"Some of the features that can be used to distinguish Neanderthals from modern humans (but not from earlier or conteporary populations) include:

Lack of a canine fossa.

Flat zygomatics.

Rounded inferior orbital margins.

The supraorbital torus projects at midline.

Presence of a retromolar space (also distinguishes them from earlier hominids).

Retreating mandibular symphysis (no mental eminence).

A long low brain case.

A suprainiac fossa.

An occipital bun.

A broad and projecting nose.

Larger cranial capacity (but due to larger body size, Neanderthals are less encephalized than modern humans)."

http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/homoneade...

In short, the average Neanderthal differed markedly from the average EMH. This wasn't due to diet or sunlight.

Answer 3

Apes have those same lobes in their brains.  Ape brains are second only to us.  In other words we evolved from similar ancestors that had large brains.  The difference is our line developed our brain power more.  We are in every sense a bipedal ape.  There is no distinction except the arbitrary ones we set up.  Neanderthals were clearly different and not diseased (not all anyway).  Before that, we have good evidence for H. Heidelbergensis which is probably our ancestor.  Before that we have H. Erectus and H. Ergaster.  Before that perhaps Homo Rudolfensis, Habilis, and then Australopithecus.  There is no justification whatsoever to think that humans are somehow apart from every other animal.  We are in fact related.  You can see it in our bones, tissue and DNA.  What more evidence do you need?

Answer 4

Yes humans are unique.

The idea that man evolved from an ape is completely false, and is itself laughable.

It is not supported by any evidence whatsoever.

All hominid fossils are clearly human or clearly ape.

Evolution requires the creation of new genetic information. The proposed mechanism is mutations, yet all obser ved mutations are information neutral or lossy.

All hominid fossils are clearly ape or clearly human. History is full of frauds and over-enthusiastic claims of anthropologists

Man was created as man. We are very different to all apes/monkeys and there is no evidence that we evolved at all.

The evidence does not support he idea that we are evolved from an ape. All hominid fossils are clearly human or clearly ape.

History is full of frauds and wishful thinking in regard to alleged missing links:

Piltdown man - fraud

Java man - a few teeth, and a few skull and bone fragments

Nebraska man - a pigs tooth

Australopithecene (Lucy) - portrayed with human like hands and feet despite the fact that it is known to have ape like hands and feet.

To believe we evolved from an ape requires an awful lot of faith! It flies in the face of the evidence, and of scientific knowledge.

http://creationontheweb.com/content/view...

Answer 5

Check back for an answer to your question a half million years from now .

Answer 6

we are definitely related to other primates and early species of man. it's called DNA analysis. and the opposable thumb. tool use. art. awareness of a god and afterlife. burying the dead. cleverness.

i don't think we've changed much in any way that matters. on the outside we are better- cleaner, faster, better looking. but in our inner selves, we are still the same.

Answer 7

we may have changed some, but we were never  neanderthals. We were created to survive here, and thats how we still are. No bent over cavemen, or half-ape/half-man

Answer 8

finally someone is making some sense. but your a little off because humans and all the other species did not evolve from one another but were created at the same time by God. We have only been here for about 6,000 years. I want to tell you all this so you dont fall for the lies that the evolutionists are putting in your text books. and one more thing, that neanderthal man was nothing but a little old man with bad arthritus (proven by scientists) and his skeleton was only 80 years old.

Answer 9

Whatever.

Answer 10

yes. including Neanderthal.

Answer 11

The scientific consensus of opinion leans towards the view that our ancestors first became bipedal which freed up their forelimbs (arms) to manipulate things (tools, etc.) which led to an increase in brain size and cognitive reasoning, speech and writing and, ultimately, Yahoo Answers!