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59. Yeah, there was an article recently about that

Wed Mar 15, 2017, 05:35 PM

Mar 2017

and looking it up I find there were a number of articles, because there was a book

The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674736764

and it is referenced in the National Geographic article (and probably others)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/03/150304-neanderthal-shipman-predmosti-wolf-dog-lionfish-jagger-pogo-ngbooktalk/

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Neanderthal dental tartar reveals plant-based diet and drugs [View all] JudyM Mar 2017 OP

Dirty hippies IronLionZion Mar 2017 #1

Dirty hippies and their orgies -- LuvNewcastle Mar 2017 #9

Sweet! IronLionZion Mar 2017 #33

Only if you think your next trip is on aspirin and antibiotics. Igel Mar 2017 #11

My next trip is on a plant based diet IronLionZion Mar 2017 #34

You mean tartar can last 50,000 years!!!! LeftInTX Mar 2017 #2

Yeah, if you don't want to be embarrassed when paleontologists dig you up, lagomorph777 Mar 2017 #40

How odd, other skeletal remains have indicated a largely meat based diet Warpy Mar 2017 #3

They probably had some people that understood their environment, plant and animal brewens Mar 2017 #6

Most of the Neanderthal remains are from late. Igel Mar 2017 #14

Huh? Warpy Mar 2017 #16

Yeah ColemanMaskell Mar 2017 #21

I think dogs were important lagomorph777 Mar 2017 #41

Yeah, there was an article recently about that ColemanMaskell Mar 2017 #59

Igel, nice info about language. Thanks. Interesting distinction between "most" and "a majority". ColemanMaskell Mar 2017 #28

51% of something would be a majority--but not "most." tblue37 Mar 2017 #54

in English, I meant. Merriam-webster, that sort of thing ColemanMaskell Mar 2017 #58

Interesting! JudyM Mar 2017 #17

I wonder if they found any ganja, magic mushrooms, or amanita muscaria hollowdweller Mar 2017 #4

OMG - I forgot this thing even existed LeftInTX Mar 2017 #13

I read a long time ago ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #5

100 grams of pine nuts have 670 calories meadowlander Mar 2017 #15

Being a hunter-gatherer means constant foraging, eating as you go. When the hunters managed Hekate Mar 2017 #18

That reminds me of a film I saw ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #19

okay, believable -- ColemanMaskell Mar 2017 #25

Yeah, it doesn't add up TexasBushwhacker Mar 2017 #24

KNR Thank you! Lucinda Mar 2017 #7

I chewed some wild root once. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #8

Some wild root -- You couldn't be more specific, give more details? :-) ColemanMaskell Mar 2017 #23

I wish I could. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #27

Kicking. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #10

It's really provocative, isn't it! calimary Mar 2017 #26

It is & provacative for so many reasons calimary! littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #48

So do I, littlemisssmartypants. calimary Mar 2017 #51

♡ littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #53

Fun and interesting comments all around, DUers have depth. Glad I posted it! JudyM Mar 2017 #37

Absolutely. This is the best community on the web, no contest. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #49

Thanks for link! burrowowl Mar 2017 #12

K&R Solly Mack Mar 2017 #20

Video: 10 signs you are a Neanderthal Petrushka Mar 2017 #22

I have about every trait except the receding chin, big nose, or brow ridges! diane in sf Mar 2017 #29

Fascinating. Thanks. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #30

Sure! I caught it on NPR driving home and thought it was fascinating, too. JudyM Mar 2017 #38

I have to stop get the red out Mar 2017 #31

Certainly more moral sarge43 Mar 2017 #32

Please the Spanish Neanderthals ate Tappas and their cousins from Belgium ate waffles Botany Mar 2017 #35

Not exactly. I believe it varies between 1% and 3%. We all have a little Neanderthal. Nitram Mar 2017 #44

The headline is a little misleading. the research actually showed that some Neanderthals were Nitram Mar 2017 #36

Agreed, "some" would be more accurate. JudyM Mar 2017 #39

I heard a good piece about this yesterday on NPR with interviews of the scientists involved. Nitram Mar 2017 #43

Yes! That was the source of inspiration to post about it on DU. Heard it on the way home. JudyM Mar 2017 #47

I wonder if future paleontologists will decipher the Great Trump Extinction Event lagomorph777 Mar 2017 #42

The GTEE: the extinction of grace, class, intelligence and knowledge. Nitram Mar 2017 #45

Hey, be glad you are related to Neanderthals oldcynic Mar 2017 #46

Agree. Fascinating stuff. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #50

The samples come from the last millennia of the species. Orsino Mar 2017 #52

Not sure about that logic, Orsino - we have no evidence either way... JudyM Mar 2017 #55

The logic's sound enough. Orsino Mar 2017 #56

This is really so fascinating! Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #57