Awwww, yeah! We be some bad asses. We done put a cap in dem monkey men's asses, boyeee!

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1912195,00.html?cnn=yes

I think that Neandertals were doomed to fail because, IIRC, their ability to communicate - or rather their inability to do so - made them inferior to us. Even though they had bigger brain cases and were physically superior to us.

It's a shame they are gone. I'd have like to have been able to walk into my local Whole Foods and pick out a nice Neanderthal steak or tongue. Sigh.

Professor Pangloss Wrote:
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> I think that Neandertals were doomed to fail
> because, IIRC, their ability to communicate - or
> rather their inability to do so - made them
> inferior to us. Even though they had bigger brain
> cases and were physically superior to us.


On the subject of communication, I've seen programs about this and many anthropologists believe that humans were able to work in groups more effectively when hunting while Neanderthals were not, so humans out-competed the Neanderthals for resources. As for kicking Neanderthals' ass, I think that probably happened, too, in some regard, but I can't believe that there was enough population density on either side to result in genocide.

That's just another form of racism right there.

Did the Neanderthals have a GEICO caveman act as their Al Sharpton?

§ Wrote:
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> That's just another form of racism right there.
>
> Did the Neanderthals have a GEICO caveman act as
> their Al Sharpton?


No. They would have still been here if they had.

Not to derail the thread, but this reminds me of something I read about recently. Did you know it is possible for a human and a chimpanzee to breed?

I have heard a theory that the neanderthals were simply bred out, we mated with them until there were no Neanderthal traits left.



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eesh Wrote:
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> Not to derail the thread, but this reminds me of
> something I read about recently. Did you know it
> is possible for a human and a chimpanzee to breed?
>
>
> I have heard a theory that the neanderthals were
> simply bred out, we mated with them until there
> were no Neanderthal traits left.


I seem to recall that that theory was recently put to rest. The Neanderthals were a different species which, by definition, means you can't inter-breed (same with your human/chimpanzee theory...too many genetic differences to naturally breed, though I imagine gene splicing might be a possibility).

Actually we ate them.

http://www.livescience.com/history/etc/090517-humans-ate-neanderthals-scientist-says.html

Time travel.

In the future, we create a paradox by going back and killing off all the neanderthals....

Of course, that still doesn't explain where humans came from - maybe a passing alien spaceship? :)

Gotta say, I think the Geico neanderthals are terrific.

SomeGuy Wrote:
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> Actually we ate them.
>
> http://www.livescience.com/history/etc/090517-huma
> ns-ate-neanderthals-scientist-says.html


They tasted like prehistoric chicken.

ITRADE Wrote:
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> Gotta say, I think the Geico neanderthals are
> terrific.


I used to. They kind of wore out their welcome around the time the TV show came out. Time for them to go extinct.

Yeah - I like the gecko - so far he still makes me laugh when I see the commercials. The caveman commercials are like watching another run of cry babies commercials - maybe if they actually clubbed a woman from Geico and dragged her into a cave or something it would make them more interesting.... j/k

I see a new scifi movie coming out soon . . .

What about the annoying stack of money with eyeballs?

That's GEICO too, right?

What would happen if you got one of the Neanderathals together with Progressive Flo?

Registered Voter Wrote:
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> Yeah - I like the gecko - so far he still makes me
> laugh when I see the commercials. The caveman
> commercials are like watching another run of cry
> babies commercials - maybe if they actually
> clubbed a woman from Geico and dragged her into a
> cave or something it would make them more
> interesting.... j/k

I nominate Crystal Koons.

§ Wrote:
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> What about the annoying stack of money with
> eyeballs?
>
> That's GEICO too, right?

Yeah, the money stack is probably even more annoying than the neanderthals IMHO.

we win, they lose. yay humans!


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

Professor Pangloss Wrote:
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> I think that Neandertals were doomed to fail
> because, IIRC, their ability to communicate - or
> rather their inability to do so - made them
> inferior to us. Even though they had bigger brain
> cases and were physically superior to us.


your point is irrelevant because humans/neandertals did not exist before jesus.

everyone knows nothing existed before jesus

bloody blisters Wrote:
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> everyone knows nothing existed before jesus


^ this