Re: Sex, Genes, Skin Color, Sex, and Europe Only?


"Paul Crowley" <slkwuoiutiuytciuyik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> If it is true neandertals mostly lived in caves and had poor garmets,
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> No one lived in caves (except occasionally
> in desperation). They are damp dark
> unpleasant places. Like other hominids of
> the time, they built their own shelters. And
> they stayed in the warmest places -- usually
> near the sea, where it never got too cold at
> night.

Of course all those remains found for from the sea got there some how. There
is also slim evidence that Hsn made much use of the sea. No evidence of
boats.

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>> they may have been forced to hunt in very risky ways, relative to
>> humans
>
> Their 'hunting' would have been for hedge-
> hogs, tortoises, snails, and the like. You've
> been looking at too many of them fancy
> displays some of the guys have recently
> been putting on cave walls. Just remember
> that they are in show business, and are not
> there to present boring old reality.
>

That isn't what is being found at camp sites but then some suggest they ate
most of their food in the field. Of course they may well have lived in the
field camping any place cozy they found themselves.


>> which might have stalked prey for days after the initial
>> spears were thrown, alternatively humans may have trapped smaller
>> game close to home when large game hunting was to risky. One of the
>> more dangerous prey would have been other Neandertals, which could
>> have been favored if prey completely moved out, supressing the
>> population density and allowing prey densities once again to rise.
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> Paul.
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