There's supposed to be a trace of neanderthal in all of us....

I think that some people are really heavy on that trace. Might even be fairly prevalent.

That's a great article, T-bird.

So it turns out that black people from sub-Saharan Africa are 100% Homo Sapien. And the rest of us are between 1% and 4% Neanderthal!

Well, at least it explains my hairy back... :rolleyes:

T-Bird - I had a newsletter article that has a tape of what a neanderthal would have sounded like saying the letter "e" that a scientist who had studied the vocal organ structure (from a well-preserved specimen). Neanderthals had restricted vocal ability and could not make the diverse sounds we are now capable of making. The restriction in spoken communication may be a very strong reason they eventually succumbed to modern humans.

OK, I'm finding this kind of freaky (or maybe I'm just weird). I was thinking that since the greatest concentration of Neanderthals were in Basque territory, and the Ainu people of Japan have religious practices conspicuously similar to those of the Neanderthal, then maybe the Ainu language and Basque would have similarities. And I found this:

Ainu and Basque Language Correlation

From Archetypical Anomalies
Some other important facts to mention are that the Ainu consider the bear to be a mountain god which has led some to argue that this may have been why the cave bear skulls are found high in the mountains as well. Furthermore the Ainu preserve all the skulls of the sacrificed bears, so too we have seen in the caves of Europe, but here they are put up for display on poles. Also during the bear feast the goddess of Fire, Fuji, is invited to join the celebrations and in the Neanderthal caves as well as those of Zhoukoudian, fire hearths been found.

Neanderthal genome reveals interbreeding with humans - life - 06 May 2010 - New Scientist

How the Neanderthals became the Basques (This may present interesting areas to explore, while I find this source to be questionable at best. That said, I'm not a reliable source either, lol)


Ainu Person


Neanderthal

Bear worship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Research Casts Neanderthals as Prehistoric Techies

Basque is the Oldest Language In Europe
Basque which dates back to the times when Cro Magnons and Neanderthals cohabited the region (and apparently mated and produced offspring who introduced new genes into humans that most people in the world possess):

oh, hahaha this guy ^ reminds me one of my ex-boyfriends. lol

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