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?
the guardian
there’s your answer
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.
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.
Here I am waiting for a root canal. Tooth pain sucks. Maybe it was a mercy killing.
They didn’t have much sugar, that has excellent dental health
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.
“But we lived for thousands of generations without fluoride and we were just fine.”
