Looks like Neanderthals cooked too

Post #337,864 by SpiceWare 12/30/10 1:07:35 PM Reply	Looks like Neanderthals cooked too http://www.bbc.co.uk...ironment-12071424
Post #337,866 by Andrew Grygus 12/30/10 2:50:06 PM Reply	These two photos . . . . . appeared on the same Los Angeles Times Web page (a couple months back). They were not associated - an omission which I correct here: http://www.clovegard.../ajg/neander.html
Post #337,895 by boxley 12/31/10 8:39:43 AM Reply	teddy is not the one to meet in a dark alley Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #337,867 by static 12/30/10 5:51:27 PM Reply	Clarification. The documentary I linked to regarded neanderthals as humans (albeit in a roundabout way) for the purposes of their topic. So no disagreement, then. :-) Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #337,869 by Andrew Grygus 12/30/10 7:24:32 PM Reply	Neanderthals were clearly humans. It is now known there was some interbreeding between Neanderthals and Cro Magnon, thus pretty much the same species. Persons of European extraction have some of the Neanderthal genome (Africans do not). Now it has been found that Neanderthals split into two groups early on - one went north into Europe, and the other went East. They also interbred, explaining some formerly mysterious genetic code found in the Asia-Pacific region.
Post #337,873 by static 12/30/10 7:57:53 PM Reply	Vaguely interesting discussion... ... but I'm thinking no-one watched the linked documentary! For the purposes of their topic, they spoke about Australopithecus, Homo Erectus, and Modern Humans. I kept expecting them to refer to the latter as Homo Sapiens. They didn't, but I'm pretty sure that's what they meant. These three very broad categories were enough to show the three major differences in diet and corresponding fundamental body differences: Australopithecus had teeth and gut suitable for mashing and digesting raw plant matter; Homo Erectus had teeth more suitable for tearing raw meat and had a larger brain from the better nutrients; "Modern Man" developed a gut better at digesting cooked food and an even larger brain from the even better nutrients. This was the program's main thrust. I suspect if they had another hour to fill, they could have explored how Homo Sapiens developed cooking, including looking at which Neanderthals experimented with it. They could have also spent more time looking at what cooking does to food. But they didn't. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #337,875 by SpiceWare 12/30/10 9:05:13 PM Reply	got a full house for the holidays I plan to check it out after everybody goes home. However, the link currently shows the following message and starts to play a different video: Asset not found The video you requested does not exist or is no longer available.
Post #337,876 by Andrew Grygus 12/30/10 9:19:25 PM Reply	Yup, same as I got 2 days ago - she be gone.
Post #337,877 by Another Scott 12/30/10 9:27:38 PM Reply	This it? Only 3:33 clip still available. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r9svk Only a clip is still available. http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=A7JuMTlZVvM (3:33) Cheers, Scott.
Post #337,879 by static 12/30/10 10:04:30 PM 12/30/10 10:06:33 PM Reply	Maybe they limit it to Oz. Sorry, guys... :-( I copied it again from the website. This definitely works for me. http://player.sbs.co...Us-Human-Full-Ep/ However, the Horizon site does a good text summary of the contents. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately. Edited by static Dec. 30, 2010, 10:06:33 PM EST Expand All History

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