Dogshit title tbh. Neanderthals were not ancestral to Homo sapiens, we both descended from H heidelbergensis (a particular clade of late H erectus). If they can’t even get that right, why are they writing science journalism for the Guardian?
I think it’s universally accepted that crossbreeding between the two was likely, that most if not all humans carry some small amount of Neanderthal DNA.
A phylogenic model depicts (from lower right) Homo erectus spreading from Africa to Eurasia around 1.8 millions of years ago. Its descendant H. heidelbergensis originated Denisovans, Neanderthals, and H. sapiens (humans) around 350,000 years ago.
the guardian
there’s your answer
Here I am waiting for a root canal. Tooth pain sucks. Maybe it was a mercy killing.
“But we lived for thousands of generations without fluoride and we were just fine.”
I heard a rumour saying his brother was jealous and hit him with a goat jawbone. /joke
Hair-eee!! No run with pointy stick!!! You put eye out! Oh no!
Abel, actually.
Ohhh, I get it now.
They didn’t have much sugar, that has excellent dental health
