moderns humans and neanderthals powerpoint
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Moderns Humans and NeanderthalsDifferences and similarities by Sandra, Artis, and Emma
Neanderthals
● 300 000 – 30 000 years ago
● Short and robust
● Men – 165 cm, 75 kg
● Women – 155 cm, 65 kg
● Not much difference between genders
● Lived to about 30 years of age or more
Behaviour of Neanderthals● Said to be the first homo-species that buried
their dead
● Gifts in the graves
● Contributed by fossil founds
● Lived in nuclear families
● Took care of their sick
● We don’t know if they spoke languages but they might have
Homo Sapiens
● 200 000 years ago – today● Evolved in Africs - now worldwide●Lighter build
●Big forehead, flat face, domed skull, less prominent eyebrow arches, mostly hairless, less heavily devloped jaws with smaller teeth
●Men – 170 cm, 80 kg●Women – 160 cm, 66 kg
DifferencesHomo Sapiens
Neanderthals● More delicate skeleton● skulls rounded, high foreheads, smaller
heads and pointed chins● Had more symbolic tools ● Subtle advantages that determined
survival rates:● Slightly better language● Abstract reasoning● Shorter interval between births of babies
● Had short and and stocky statures due to cold weather
● Used simpler tools
Similarities
● Similar brain sizes
● Neanderthals same or larger
● Used tools to varying degrees
● Able to control fire
● Similar DNA
● Developed at the same time?!?!?!!?
● DNA studies has shown that the two groups came from Homo Heidelbergensis, which explain why they are so similar
The Exctinction of the Neanderthals
●Theories:●The humans killed them
●Superior●The humans didn’t kill them
●Not have disappeared●Inability to adapt to climate
change
● Some even say that humans arrived earlier than the neanderthals
● Extinct by Campi Flegrei - a volcano
● Ash in the air for months. Shivered/choked to death
● May not been a single reason
● Climate change - got cold - animals
Sources
http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/m%C3%A4nniskanhttp://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/species/homo-sapienshttp://www.livescience.com/26831-neanderthals-died-earlier.htmlhttp://www.livescience.com/47460-neanderthal-extinction-revealed.html