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Well “WE” aren’t, as it happened long before anyone on this chat were born. “WE” aren’t responsible for stuff other people, including our ancestors, do.
Did our ancestors wipe them out? Absolutely, the Denisovians too.
Aliens wiped them out so we could flourish. Neanderthals were bigger, stronger, faster, and more brutal. No reason our weak ass homosapiens should have beat them.
Yes, we either interbred with them and some offsprings were viable and the rest we just overpowered for territory and resources. See it how you wang to.
We actually share DNA with them and one other hominid. Humans today are a direct result of those interspecies interactions.
One of the first people that we really locked that in with was Ozzy Osborn. They figure his neanderthal DNA is why he’s not dead yet from all the drugs and alcohol.
Very possible, there’s a gap in history just proceeding the emergence of our species. Some theorize it was because early humans ate everything they could cram down their gullet, including bones, so even if giants or elves or other human-like divergent species did exist, they would’ve been gobbled up by our ancestors after tribal genocide and left no trace.
Neanderthal was just the only remnants of a divergent hominid species that we could prove
And we all know humanity’s capacity for hate towards those who are different.
There could have been many variations of humans, but they would have all been eaten by our ancestors.
It makes me wonder if human mutations are just an echo of divergence, things like giantism, dwarfism and achondroplasia. There’s your giants, dwarves and gnomes lol
If you wanna get really wierd about evolution or mutations, some children are still born with a preaucular pit (forgive my spelling) or a tail.
What do you think about human “gills” and tails? lol
I read somewhere that no. Maybe partially, by taking over some of the food sources and adapting better, but we didn’t kill them off directly. They were just less well adapted to changing environments. But some mixed with us.
From the timeline, it does seem like we wiped them out at the same time our species were interbreeding, and it makes sense to me, knowing humans.
Think of how tribal we are, how much some humans can’t tolerate people who look different.
Without laws against murder and the threat of prison, I believe 1/3 of the US would proudly attack and murder any population that was too different from themselves, as that is the basis of their political opinions and is often central to their personality.
Humans have a literal fear of things that look human but feel a little off, we call it “uncanny valley” and its more then likely that its a adaptation that is remnant of our initial interactions not just with Neanderthals, but any other kind of proto human that was developing in the hundreds of thousands of years before we built civilizations. We needed to be able to quickly identify and be warry of things that appeared human, but were just slightly off, which with Neanderthal’s slightly different skull shape effecting the facial proportions, and a skeleton with slightly elongated limb proportions compared to normal humans, that seems to be the biggest influencer of that uncanny valley feel.
We did breed with them, their dna is in a portion of the human population, but we certainly after a while either assimilated them all through breeding, or butchered them when our numbers became large enough.
Almost every major predator that existed along side us is believed to have been snuffed out by us. Lions are a great example, once the most widely spread super predator on land, then humans showed up and they were driven to the small populations we see now.
Oh shit. Do we have to do Neanderthal DNA acknowledgments now, too?
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“We humbly acknowledge that we exist today on the genetic remnants of those who came before us—specifically, the Neanderthals, who graciously allowed Homo sapiens to outbreed, outfight, and ultimately outlast them, often without so much as a thank-you note.
We recognize that, while only 1–2% of their DNA remains in most of us, their legacy lives on—in our love of meat, occasional unibrows, and irrational fear of change.
To the Neanderthals: we apologize for ghosting you approximately 40,000 years ago, after what was clearly a complicated interspecies situationship. You deserved better.
May we never forget the strong brows and stronger forearms of those who fell so we could scroll endlessly.”
Technically yes. They bred, but DNA was recessive.
So over time they just, bred themselves into being us. Like how ginger genetics are recessive so you need both to be ginger, blond or black will always override the ginger genetics otherwise.
Certain races round the world do have higher percentages of neanderthal DNA in them, probs where higher concentrations of them lived in the past.
Also we came close to extinction a few times so probs ended up living together for safety. Homo and homo all huddling together against the terrors of their world and the environment trying to kill them too at that point in time.
But it’s very unlikely we actively hunted them like some conspiracy theory suggests. Who basically took the werewolves from that dark fantasy and replaced them with Neanderthals hunting us down instead.
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I still see a few of them in my class
I’m not saying nothing without my attorney present.
Well “WE” aren’t, as it happened long before anyone on this chat were born. “WE” aren’t responsible for stuff other people, including our ancestors, do.
Did our ancestors wipe them out? Absolutely, the Denisovians too.
Not me, I wasn’t there.
No proof to show we did. At least none that has been shared with the world.
One thing we know for sure is there is Neanderthal DNA in many modern humans. So there was some crosbreeding of our species.
That being said….Yes. I think we wiped them out just like we did to most of the other homonids. Thats speculative though.
Damn i read the title as Netherlands and I was wondering what did I miss lol
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Aliens wiped them out so we could flourish. Neanderthals were bigger, stronger, faster, and more brutal. No reason our weak ass homosapiens should have beat them.
/s (sort of)
Im not.
They walk amongst us.
Yes, and I wont apologise for it, feel quite smug about it actually 😊
They were assimilated. Resistance is futile.
if neanderthals were still around the racism towards them today would be insane, it’s for the best that we have no other top mammal on Earth
Like royal we? Because last i checked they haven’t been around for a very long time.
I first read “Netherlands” and was wondering wtf happened to Holland
Safe bet
Yes, we either interbred with them and some offsprings were viable and the rest we just overpowered for territory and resources. See it how you wang to.
There’s plenty still around, they’re called liberals.
Yeah we screwed them out of existence.
It wasn’t me, I swear.
Death by snu snu
There are still some about, currently a big sloppy one residing in the White House.
fuck ’em (wry smile)
We did the nasty in the pasty and much of their DNA is still around.
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics/ancient-dna-and-neanderthals
MTG is definitely a Neanderthal or the missing link.
No we aren’t, Neanderthals had us landlocked for thousands of years.
They’re not gone.
We actually share DNA with them and one other hominid. Humans today are a direct result of those interspecies interactions.
One of the first people that we really locked that in with was Ozzy Osborn. They figure his neanderthal DNA is why he’s not dead yet from all the drugs and alcohol.
Very possible, there’s a gap in history just proceeding the emergence of our species. Some theorize it was because early humans ate everything they could cram down their gullet, including bones, so even if giants or elves or other human-like divergent species did exist, they would’ve been gobbled up by our ancestors after tribal genocide and left no trace.
Neanderthal was just the only remnants of a divergent hominid species that we could prove
And we all know humanity’s capacity for hate towards those who are different.
There could have been many variations of humans, but they would have all been eaten by our ancestors.
It makes me wonder if human mutations are just an echo of divergence, things like giantism, dwarfism and achondroplasia. There’s your giants, dwarves and gnomes lol
If you wanna get really wierd about evolution or mutations, some children are still born with a preaucular pit (forgive my spelling) or a tail.
What do you think about human “gills” and tails? lol
We absorbed them into our population
What do you mean we? I wasn’t around and didn’t ever know anyone who was.
I read somewhere that no. Maybe partially, by taking over some of the food sources and adapting better, but we didn’t kill them off directly. They were just less well adapted to changing environments. But some mixed with us.
From the timeline, it does seem like we wiped them out at the same time our species were interbreeding, and it makes sense to me, knowing humans.
Think of how tribal we are, how much some humans can’t tolerate people who look different.
Without laws against murder and the threat of prison, I believe 1/3 of the US would proudly attack and murder any population that was too different from themselves, as that is the basis of their political opinions and is often central to their personality.
I honestly believe they are still here, it is easy to tell. Many of them even wear red hats to identify themselves.
Small town Midwesterner here. There’s still plenty of them left. I see them nearly everywhere I go.
You caught me, I did it. Didn’t mean to do it, sometimes shit happens.
Probably. Through a mix of competition for resources, interbreeding, and even direct warfare.
But don’t feel too bad. We also are responsible for the extinction of the Denisovans and several other hominid species.
Not all of us, just you.
Humans have a literal fear of things that look human but feel a little off, we call it “uncanny valley” and its more then likely that its a adaptation that is remnant of our initial interactions not just with Neanderthals, but any other kind of proto human that was developing in the hundreds of thousands of years before we built civilizations. We needed to be able to quickly identify and be warry of things that appeared human, but were just slightly off, which with Neanderthal’s slightly different skull shape effecting the facial proportions, and a skeleton with slightly elongated limb proportions compared to normal humans, that seems to be the biggest influencer of that uncanny valley feel.
We did breed with them, their dna is in a portion of the human population, but we certainly after a while either assimilated them all through breeding, or butchered them when our numbers became large enough.
Almost every major predator that existed along side us is believed to have been snuffed out by us. Lions are a great example, once the most widely spread super predator on land, then humans showed up and they were driven to the small populations we see now.
We’ll be responsible for the disappearance of Homo Sapiens too.
Yes, we as humans did drive neanderthals to extinction, and we’re not sad or sorry about it.
Yes kind of. But also We ARE Neanderthals… we share part of our dna showing some cross breeding happened relatively often.
No they’re all in Washington DC
We bred with their hottest, and wiped out the rest, yup.
Oh shit. Do we have to do Neanderthal DNA acknowledgments now, too?
opens Google Doc to edit speech and types furiously
“We humbly acknowledge that we exist today on the genetic remnants of those who came before us—specifically, the Neanderthals, who graciously allowed Homo sapiens to outbreed, outfight, and ultimately outlast them, often without so much as a thank-you note.
We recognize that, while only 1–2% of their DNA remains in most of us, their legacy lives on—in our love of meat, occasional unibrows, and irrational fear of change.
To the Neanderthals: we apologize for ghosting you approximately 40,000 years ago, after what was clearly a complicated interspecies situationship. You deserved better.
May we never forget the strong brows and stronger forearms of those who fell so we could scroll endlessly.”
Only partially.
Nobody knows. All we can say is that we did interbreed with them, and they disappeared. Perhaps we both integrated with them and killed them off.
There is a theory that their adaptations weren’t as well suited to European living, so we just out-competed them.
They were mostly “integrated” into homo sapien society…..consensually.
Partially, but we also kind of absorbed them, too.
They didn’t disappear. They’re congressmen.
Technically yes. They bred, but DNA was recessive.
So over time they just, bred themselves into being us. Like how ginger genetics are recessive so you need both to be ginger, blond or black will always override the ginger genetics otherwise.
Certain races round the world do have higher percentages of neanderthal DNA in them, probs where higher concentrations of them lived in the past.
Also we came close to extinction a few times so probs ended up living together for safety. Homo and homo all huddling together against the terrors of their world and the environment trying to kill them too at that point in time.
But it’s very unlikely we actively hunted them like some conspiracy theory suggests. Who basically took the werewolves from that dark fantasy and replaced them with Neanderthals hunting us down instead.
I think they just evolved into what most of us are today. Although some of us have not evolved enough lol
You clearly haven’t been to Florida.
Who’s we?