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Neanderthal Kabbalah
2008-06-01 20:20:00 ?'? ????? ???"?Mab 28LOL. An example of a totally neanderthal understanding of witchcraft by a rabbi - Rabbi Bar Tzadok of Kosher Torah writes:If you see nothing diabolical in witchcraft, then you obviously know nothing about its practices or its practitioners.This is what real witchcraft is about: the casting of spells in an attempt to manipulate the minds and feelings of others, the sacrifices of animals, the ripping out their organs and the drinking of their blood, the invocation of demons, and other dangerous mind altering psychological practices.Witchcraft goes under various names today to disguise itself. Under such names as Wicca and Goths, witchcraft and the likes are responsible for numerous teenage mental breakdowns, suicides, and murder.Unfortunately, we adults are enchanted by the surface delight of Harry Potter and we do not pay enough attention to what lies underneath.Parents will not foresee the inherent danger to their children while they are still young. While they...
By: Walking On Fire
Neanderthal Man
2008-01-25 01:36:00 My rant for today?. Why is it that some people feel the need to go out of their way to show the world just how big of an A-hole they can be? You would think that a walking, talking anus's (or would that be ani?) would try to downplay the fact that verbal excrement is what spews out of their mouths, but no?they want to make sure that everyone is aware of this fact. Heath Ledger has died, regardless of how he died, what caused his death, etc., he is dead and a little girl has lost her daddy. Rather than having an ounce of civility we have some cretins who jump on the chance to be attention whores ?Look at me! Look at me!? and commence with the verbal diarrhea. All I can say to them is STFU, please.Here is what is causing the Aging Disco Diva to flip her polyester, neon-orange wig:Nice, huh? I bet Fox News radio is really proud John Gibson. What a gem of a human being.Some pinhead named the Ultimate Warrior weighed in on the subject by writing "His (Heath Ledger) kid is with...
Neanderthals grew up faster than we do
2007-12-05 03:16:00 A new analysis shows that the teeth of Neanderthal children grew faster than the teeth of human children today, suggesting that a long childhood and slow development are uniquely human traits.
Neanderthals never inter bred with humans
2007-10-29 11:47:00 European scientists have rebuffed the theory of inter breeding between Neanderthals and men, thus settling one of the biggest riddles in anthropology. The findings ...
By: B4U India
Some Neanderthals were redheads too
2007-10-26 11:33:00 Analysis of ancient DNA retrieved from the bones of two Neanderthals has shown that at least some of them possessed red hair and pale skin. ...
By: B4U India
Inconsistencies with Neanderthal genomic DNA sequences
2007-10-14 08:18:00 Were Neanderthals direct ancestors of contemporary humans or an evolutionary side branch that eventually died out? This is one of the enduring questions in human evolution as scientists explore the relationship of fossil groups, such as Neanderthals, with people alive today. Two recent papers describing the sequencing of Neanderthal nuclear DNA from fossil bone ...
Neanderthals were human
2007-09-10 09:38:00 Equality of people is no more proven than inequality. It is socially acceptable to detrimentally generalize about mothers in law or dislike neighbors. It?s okay to discuss varying smartness of various breeds of dogs, or to assert that one person is smarter than another. Leftists decry applying that reasoning to nations for a single reason: ...
By: Samson Blinded
Neanderthals in Fact and Fiction
2007-08-20 05:34:00 Neanderthals have been in the news a lot this year - actually, they're in the news a lot almost every year, as indeed they should. A species of humanity very close to ours, who may be part of us, or may have disappeared from the Earth some 30,000 or so years ago, just as our distinct kind of humanity fully emerged.Either way, Neanderthals are fascinating. I couldn't resist writing much of my first novel, The Silk Code, about them. And I have feeling they may well walk among us again in another...A trailer for The Silk Code follows - actually a slice from my interview on The History Channel's Evolution of Science Fiction - along with two recent articles which give an idea of the current state of our knowledge of them... listen to Light On Light Through podcast also iTunes Paul Levinson's books
By: Infinite Regress
Evidence that Neanderthals and Humans Interbred? [Afarensis]
2007-08-02 21:57:00 National Geographic has a story up concerning that question The story concerns Cioclovina 1 - a skull discovered in 1942 and recently reanalyzed by a group that includes Erik Trinkaus. The group argues that the skull displays nuchal morphology found only in Neanderthals, along with some derived modern human features: Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post… Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/-ScienceblogsCombinedFeed/~3/140-127615/
UFC fans are nothing but a bunch of ?Neanderthals!?
2007-06-07 16:33:00 ...According to Vanochten.Brian Vanochten you fat bastard. Once again, it comes as no surprise; the UFC is gaining more negative light and criticism from ill-bred assholes who don?t understand the sport of mixed martial arts. With the recent upheaval of criticism from such major names as Floyd Mayweather, Tommy Morrison and even Bernard Hopkins, the criticism is just another day in the park. In a recent article featured on mlive.com, a news website based in Michigan, Vanochten got off his lazy ass and decided to write an article bashing the UFC and fans of the sport. He doesn?t do it in a professional fashion, why would he? When he can come off as a total douche bag! Like everyone else in the media bashing the UFC, he begins his article by referring to the UFC as ?glorified street fighting.?He goes on to state: ?Here?s what UFC fans have in common:A. They?re mostly Neanderthal males hiding in caves.B. They're not nearly sophisticated enough to appreciate the sweet scie...
By: The Irish Whip
Episode 7 ? Meet the Neanderthals, Part 2 (Cousin / Cuisine?)
2007-04-29 00:59:00 Now that you got a little background on the history of Neanderthal studies in episode 5, it's time to dig a bit deeper. This episode is all about how we may be related to them -- as ancestors, or just distant cousins.
Neanderthals' link to early humans studied
2007-04-26 04:08:00 ST. LOUIS, April 25: A U.S. researcher has determined Neanderthals influenced the early modern humans that succeeded them.
By: newkerala.com
Early humans showed traits of Neanderthals
2007-04-24 13:30:00 Washington, Apr 24 : A new study by a Washington University anthropologist has revealed that early humans showed traits of Neanderthals.
By: newkerala.com
Episode 5 ? Meet the Neanderthals
2007-04-07 17:50:00 As a prelude to some episodes on human evolution and our historical relatives, I thought it would be helpful to start out with a bit of history. So this episode is devoted to the history of Neanderthal discoveries, and how those discoveries were viewed culturally....
Why Neanderthals Depended On Spirits
2007-04-03 22:04:00 Neanderthals roaming Siberia 200,000 years ago during the Ice Age had a harsh existence. Subsisting in subarctic conditions, these primitive beings still had a comprehension for the soul. Scientists have discovered ancient cave drawings of what apppears to be a Shaman in the tribes communicating with the spirits to find good hunting grounds. That ...
New scan of 'Neanderthal' jawbone
2006-12-13 12:35:02 A piece of jawbone found in a Devon cave is being re-examined by scientists who believe it may be Britain's first direct evidence of Neanderthal man. The bone was excavated from Kents Cavern in Torquay in 1927 and was thought to be about 31,000 years old. But more research showed the Torquay Museum piece could be 40,000 years old. A computer scan is to be carried out to determine if the bone was put back together correctly after it was found, and to see if DNA can be extracted. Read the rest of this article...
British Neanderthals: jawbone may provide first evidence
2006-12-13 12:35:02 A piece of jawbone known to be thousands of years old is being re-examined by scientists who believe it may be Britain's first direct evidence of Neanderthal man.The bone was excavated from Kents Cavern in Torquay, south Devon in 1927 and was thought to be about 31,000 years old.However a team at the Natural History Museum are wondering if the jawbone is actually more ancient, perhaps from a Neanderthal.The new research was initiated when Dr Roger Jacobi and Professor Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum obtained new radio-carbon dating for animal bones found in cave sediments directly above and below where the jaw fragment was found. Read the rest of this article...
Scientists report new findings in study of Neanderthals
2006-12-07 22:25:02 To those who become squimish during discussions of evolution and religion, I do not intend to endorse or promote here any particular theory of evolution. What follow are my thoughts on recent reports from scientists who have been studying Neanderthal remains.In the grand drama that is evolutionary theory and its remainders, scientists have continually puzzled over the possible relation between Neanderthals, named after the Neander River in Germany where their remains were first discovered, and modern humans. Archaeologists have pointed to related human activities between the two: skilled hunting, building, irrigation and burying the dead. However, the marked distinctions between the skeletal structures between Neanderthals and modern humans has suggested that, while perhaps related, the two are distinct lines diverging from a hypothetical common ancestor that dates back anywhere from 700,000 to 300,000 years ago.Gene sequencing on Neanderthal remains has been underway for some t...
Neanderthal man was driven to cannibalism
2006-12-07 12:28:01 An unusual haul of Neanderthal bones has disclosed how our beetle-browed cousins eked out such a meagre existence that they were probably driven to eat each other.Evidence of cannibalism has come from the analysis of samples from 43,000-year-old remains in north-west Spain. Fossilised clay contains the footbones and ribs of Neanderthal man found in Asturias Antonio Rosas of the National Museum of Natural Science in Madrid and colleagues led by Javier Fortea of Oviedo University excavated an underground cave system at El Sidrón, in Asturias, where eight Neanderthal skeletons have been found in the past six years."What is absolutely new is to find remains of at least eight individuals concentrated in a very small space inside the cave, and more importantly, with virtually no animal remains" said Dr Rosas. "This is really strange."Read the rest of this article...
Hungry Neanderthals 'ate each other'
2006-12-06 00:26:01 Neanderthal Man was a cannibal who supplemented a meagre diet with occasional meals of meat from his own species, new research has suggested.An analysis of Neanderthal bones and teeth from 43,000 years ago has revealed important details of their diet and lifestyle, including some of the best evidence yet for cannibalism among the close relatives of modern human beings.Many of the skeletons found in a cave at El Sidrón, in Asturias, Spain, carry cut marks consistent with having been butchered for meat, scientists studying the remains of eight Neanderthal individuals have found.Other long bones from the arms and legs have been broken apart, apparently to remove nutritious bone marrow to eat, and some of the skulls show signs of having been opened to get at the brains. Read the rest of this article...
Did starving Neanderthals eat each other?
2006-12-06 00:26:01 Neanderthals lived a desperately tough life, sometimes so close to starvation that when one of them died their compatriots would fall upon the body and devour it, according to new research. Scorned as clumsy, idiotic brutes with little in the way of developed culture, our pitiless modern view of Neanderthals may be tempered by new findings that provide insight into the terrible life our evolutionary cousins faced.Antonio Rosas, of the National Museum for Natural Sciences in Madrid, Spain, and colleagues studied 43,000-year-old Neanderthal remains found in the El Sidrón cave in the north of the Iberian peninsula. The cave is extraordinarily rich in Neanderthal remains. About 1300 Neanderthal fossils have been excavated since its accidental discovery in 1994. And the picture emerging from analysis of the remains is now enriching our understanding of the much-maligned species.Read the rest of this article...
Neanderthals Were Cannibals, Study Confirms
2006-12-06 00:26:01 Neanderthals suffered periods of starvation and may have supplemented their diet through cannibalism, according to a study of remains from northwest Spain.Paleobiologists studied samples from eight 43,000-year-old Neanderthal skeletons excavated from an underground cave in El Sidrón, Spain since 2000. The study sheds light on how Neanderthals lived before the arrival of modern humans in Europe.Researchers found cut marks and evidence that bones had been torn apart, which they say could indicate cannibalism. "There is strong evidence suggesting that these Neanderthals were eaten," said the study's lead author, Antonio Rosas of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid. "That is, long bones and the skull were broken for extraction of the marrow, [which] is very nutritious."Read the rest of this article...
Neanderthal vs Neandertal
2006-12-04 12:24:02 With the recent spate of news articles about our nearest human neighbor, much discussion has been up about how you should spell the name, with a 'th' or with a 't'. Originally I felt it was a no-brainer to stay with the 'th', because 1) that's what most people recognize, 2) no matter how you spell it, it's still pronounced Nee-an-der-tall, and 3) if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But I am just a public archaeologist and on most issues of such earth-shattering importance will waver if pressed. Here's a few links to what other bloggers are saying, and your opportunity to make your opinions known.Read the rest of this article...
Brushing up on Neanderthal tooth fossils
2006-12-02 18:21:02 Skulls and teeth are so important to fossil scholars that they regularly label every other kind of bone they dig up as "post-cranial." Post-cranial as in leg bones, arm bones, ribs ? the body's whole kit and caboodle, sans the stuff north of the chin. A new study of Neanderthal teeth serves up an example of why the cranial bones are so often the most important ones to researchers struggling to understand ancient creatures.Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis, were a species of archaic humans who lived in Europe and the Middle East hundreds of thousands of years ago. They disappear from the fossil record most recently around 30,000 years ago, about the time that early modern humans, Homo sapiens, started to spread across the continent. A long-raging disagreement among paleoanthropologists has concerned whether early humans straight-out replaced Neanderthals, the majority view, or else interbred with them. Read the rest of this article...
Paleolithic Park - Studying Neanderthal DNA
2006-11-16 23:18:07 Researchers are studying the DNA of Homo Neanderthalensis (Neanderthals) to better understand the evolutionary steps which produced our species Homo S...
Neanderthals have genome chunk sequenced
2006-11-16 10:36:01 What are the genetic changes that set us apart from our Neanderthal cousins? Although the ancient race is long extinct, we may soon know the answers.More than one million base pairs of fossilised Neanderthal DNA have now been sequenced ? the most of any extinct organism ? thanks to a new high-throughput sequencing technique well-suited to handling old, degraded DNA.Two research teams collaborated closely on the project ? the first steps towards sequencing the Neanderthal genome ? in a marked difference to the competitive race to for the human genome.Both teams used the same 38,000-year-old Neanderthal specimen, discovered in Croatia, from which to extract DNA and report their findings on Wednesday in the journals Nature and Science, respectively.Read the rest of this article...
Neanderthal DNA secrets unlocked
2006-11-16 10:36:01 A genetic breakthrough could help clear up some long-standing mysteries surrounding our closest evolutionary relatives: the Neanderthals.Scientists have reconstructed a chunk of DNA from the genome of a Neanderthal man who lived 38,000 years ago.The genetic information they extracted from a thigh bone has allowed them to identify more than a million building blocks of Neanderthal DNA so far.Details of the efforts appear in the journals Nature and Science.Read the rest of this article...
Scientists unravel DNA of 38,000-year-old Neanderthal
2006-11-16 10:36:01 Scientists have obtained the most extensive DNA profile of Neanderthal man from a fragment of bone of an individual who died 38,000 years ago - a few thousand years before the entire species became extinct.An analysis of the genetic material confirms that the Neanderthal in question was male and his species probably did not interbreed with anatomically modern humans - Homo sapiens.The researchers who isolated and deciphered the sequence of the Neanderthal DNA said their findings indicate that Neanderthals diverged genetically from the ancestors of modern humans about 400,000 years ago. It is known that H. sapiens and H. neanderthalenis lived alongside each other in Europe and the Middle East for thousands of years before the Neanderthals eventually disappeared about 30,000 years ago.Read the rest of this article...
Neanderthal DNA will help to unlock the secrets of humanity
2006-11-16 10:36:01 NEANDERTHAL Man has begun to give up his genetic secrets almost 30,000 years after he last walked the Earth, providing critical insights into the genes that make human beings what they are today.DNA extracted from a Neanderthal bone has been analysed in detail for the first time and the genetic code of humanity?s closest cousin will be mapped completely within two years, scientists announced yesterday.The development will allow scientists to compare the human genome with that of our nearest living and extinct relatives ? the chimpanzee and the Neanderthal ? to tease out the differences between the three. These variations will in turn reveal the genes that make us human.A gene found only in Homo sapiens, but not in chimps or Neanderthals, must have evolved recently and is therefore solely part of Modern Man?s genetic heritage. Genes that we share with Neanderthals, but not with chimps, will also have played a part in human evolution, but at an earlier stage, before we diverged from o...
Scientists Create Neanderthal Genome
2006-11-09 09:48:02 Scientists are reconstructing the genome of Neanderthals - the close relations of modern man.The ambitious project involves isolating genetic fragments from fossils of the prehistoric beings who originally inhabited Europe to map their complete DNA.The Neanderthal people were believed to have died out about 35,000 years ago - at a time when modern humans were advancing across the continent.Lead researcher Dr Svante Paabo, an evolutionary geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, said: "This would be the first time we have sequenced the entire genome of an extinct organism."Read the rest of this article...
Could our big brains come from Neanderthals?
2006-11-09 09:48:02 Neanderthals may have given the modern humans who replaced them a priceless gift -- a gene that helped them develop superior brains, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.And the only way they could have provided that gift would have been by interbreeding, the team at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the University of Chicago said.Their study, published in the Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences, provides indirect evidence that modern Homo sapiens and so-called Neanderthals interbred at some point when they lived side by side in Europe.Read the rest of this article...
Gene study throws light on the evolution of Neanderthals and
2006-10-27 21:48:01 A new genetic study carried out by geneticist James Noonan at Lawrence Berkeley National laboratory, has revealed that humans and Neanderthals branched-off from a common ancestor, much earlier than previously thought. This study could put an end to the controversies surrounding the evolution of modern humans and Neanderthals, with a few theories claiming that Neanderthals [...]
Neanderthals Are Extinct?
2006-10-17 02:36:02 Einei HaEdah writes on feministic ritual innovations "It would appear that these practices are, for many reasons, impermissible according to Torah law."How utterly neanderthal.
By: Walking On Fire
There is a little Neanderthal in a lot of us
2006-08-29 19:54:02 People who have large noses, a stocky build and a beetle brow may indeed be a little Neanderthal, according to a genetic study. But the good news is that other research concludes that Neanderthals were much more like us than previously thought. People of European descent may be five per cent Neanderthal, according to a study published in the journal PLoS Genetics, which suggests we all have a |
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