Father of All Men Lived 340,000 Years Ago

[hrdlr110]

I already know a good bit of my ancestral history, thanks to Mormon genealogy. My last name is Young and I trace back on one side through Brigham Young and on the other directly from Sweden, so there are no surprises for me.

Brigham young??? BFD! But you're related to Steve young! Now that's cool!

[Colanth]

That's not to say they (Homo Neanderthalensis) were unintelligent creatures... they were infact far more advanced than everything else. But they simply did not have the "computing power" if you will to compete with us.

They didn't have the "social networking power", which is part of what made us what we are.  They had better vision than we did, IIRC, and a better developed sense of proprioception (they were more agile than we are).

[Jesus]

This is heresy.

[Brian37]

Wow, I had no idea Noah lived that long ago.

Don't feed the fundies.

[stromboli]

http://disinfo.com/2010/10/are-redheads ... nderthals/

and apparently "recent finds suggest quite a few in central Europe were handsome redheads." So if there's a ginger in your life...

No redheads in my lineage. None. Zip. Squat. Not even a blonde.  Neanderthals are recently thought to be of a sensitive nature and that may have contributed to their demise. Never been accused of having a sensitive nature either. This dude is homo sapiens all the way.

[Aupmanyav]

Never been accused of having a sensitive nature either. This dude is homo sapiens all the way.