Neanderthal Dentistry - Article
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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - ... human-like were Neanderthals?1 Apparently human enough to try some dentistry, but it didn’t work too well. University of Kansas anthropologist David Frayer led a study of a Neanderthal’s teeth. Toothpick grooves, breaks, and...

Is Neanderthal In Our Family Tree? - Article
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John D. Morris, Ph.D. - ... first Neanderthal bones were unearthed in 1856 and were soon touted as supporting Darwin's 1859 theory of human descent from the animals. And ever since, Neanderthals have been presented as beetle-browed, bowlegged, brutes-half ape and...

Neanderthal Men Were Modern Men - Article
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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - ... remains has been discovered in Iberia that shows partial Neanderthal characteristics, proving again that Neanderthals interbred with anatomically modern men.1 This adds to a growing list of evidence, consistent with biblical history, that...

Neanderthal Babies Were Human Babies - Article
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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - ... recently published a study they conducted on the remains of Neanderthal children. Neanderthal skeletons resemble those of modern humans but are characterized by larger heads, thicker brow ridges, and heavier bones. The researchers compared...

Why Did Neanderthals Look Different From Us? - Article
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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - ... people think of Neanderthals, an evolutionary image of primitive cave men might come to mind. This is bolstered by the perception that they looked very different from modern humans. However, Neanderthals bore four key features that assure us...

Dinosaur Fossil Walk - Article
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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - ... rex femur. [Science 307:1952, 2005.]     Neanderthal (nee-AN-der-tahl) Caves in Europe have Neanderthal fossils. These ancient people had funerals, jewelry, bone flutes, and human burials. Instead of being primitive,...

DNA Proof That Neandertals Are Just Humans - Article
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Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D. - in modern humans but did say that “we identify multiple Neanderthal-derived alleles that confer risk for disease, suggesting that Neanderthal alleles continue to shape human biology.”2 Although these studies demonstrate the...

Neanderthal Extinction Dilemma - Article
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Brian Thomas, Ph.D. - ... did Neanderthals go extinct? Four researchers from the Netherlands recently published the results of their computer-modeled human populations in the journal PLOS ONE.1 The findings show that small Neanderthal population sizes would have caused...

Neanderthals Are Still Human! - Article
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Dave Phillips - ... the first Neanderthal fossil was discovered in the middle of the last century, their remains have been highly controversial. By the mid 1950s, some scientists were beginning to argue convincingly that Neanderthals are a sub species of modern...

Neanderthal Crab Bake - Article
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Frank Sherwin, D.Sc. (Hon.) - ... said it perfectly in their headlines: “Proof that Neanderthals ate crabs is another 'nail in the coffin' for primitive cave dweller stereotypes.”1 That’s the key when it comes to these so-called sub-human primates...