According to Swiss researchers, who created three-dimensional figures from Neanderthal skull fossils
By David Issachari
Neanderthal man was not a relative of modern man - so claim Swiss researchers who reconstructed three-dimensional figures using human skulls from the Neanderthal period. According to them, the reconstructions support cumulative evidence of "familial distance" between the two species.
The researchers believe that the various features of the Neanderthal man's skull were already formed at an early age, and may have been formed even while the fetus was in its mother's womb.
The researchers' conclusion is based on sophisticated computer graphics, which map the cranial development of the Neanderthals from infancy to adulthood.
Researchers Christoph Zollikoffer and Marcia Pons de Lene from the University of Zurich in Switzerland used the fossils to create three-dimensional computer models of the skulls of the Neanderthals and the first modern humans - Homo sapiens.
According to them, following the reconstruction of the stages of development of the skulls, physiological differences were found between the Neanderthal man and the modern man, such as: a receding chin and a sloping forehead that characterized the Neanderthal man, compared to the modern man. The research findings support the idea that the Neanderthals did not mate and breed with Homo sapiens, and therefore may not have contributed at all to the modern human genome.
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A hybrid - Homo sapiens and Neanderthal was discovered in Portugal
The news appeared in the science forum at IOL
On 20.4.99
By David Issachari
It is now known that a skeleton showing features of both a Neanderthal man and a modern man (Sapiens) has recently been discovered. This discovery raises new controversies regarding the Neanderthal maidens, and human development.
The skeleton belongs (or belonged...), to a young man and was found in Portugal. It shows for the first time a "mixed marriage" between the two sexes. The researchers believe that the fruit of this marriage may be the ancestors of modern man.
Eric Trinaeus from Washington says that these facts indicate that the two species are not so separate.. The Neanderthals became extinct about 20,000 years ago, as far as is known so far, but now the discussion will open anew about the life of the Sapiens and the Neanderthals on this side of each other, and how The destruction of the latter, which was attributed to man.
The skeleton attributed to a 4-year-old boy was found in a rabbit hole near the beach of Lisbon (perhaps due to being an unsuccessful mixed race he did not live long? D.I.). He has the chin and teeth of a modern man, but his large, muscular limbs and limbs are more typical of Neanderthals. These had strong and muscular limbs that allowed them to deal with the problems of the harsh changing conditions of the Ice Age. The investigators held a funeral for him.
While their minds were physically larger, they did not develop any culture, and did not leave any tools or signs of tool use. which characterized human cultures from that period.. These findings cast doubt on the accepted "Out of Africa" theory. Also, this finding, according to Dr. Trinkaus, was produced in the theory of disappearances caused by mixed marriages and not by physical destruction. This is certainly possible, because the descendants of the Neanderthals still roam among us. (Hey! Leave my neck). In the Iberian Peninsula, many remains of both sexes will be found, so the chances are high to find people of mixed race there. Since for 10,000 years they lived at the same time there.
