Neanderthals

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I have never really had an interest in religion and the beliefs it is made of. This all leaves me confused at times. Religion explains the creation of humankind, since I have no religious beliefs then where does this leave me in thought about where I came from? Actually it left me no where. I have just recently taken an anthropology class the second semester of my freshman year at Montgomery College. I am just know gaining a belief in where and when man was created. Just think, most people are instilled with religion early in life, mostly by their parents or the schools that there parents make the attend at an early age. I have always been to stubborn to listen to anything my parents had to say, leading me to find out things for myself. I have only been able to listen and understand things that I like and listening to my anthropology teacher was something that I could understand and enjoyed listening to. He was the one who first introduced me to Neanderthals.

Many Anthropologists believe that Neanderthals were in fact a direct ancestor to modern man. Thus giving Anthropologists an idea of where we started out. On the other hand some Anthropologists think that the Neanderthals had no relation to modern man. Thro

There is also a "cultural contrast between the Neanderthals and Homo sapiens (early modern man)" indicated by Turnbaugh, Jurmain, Nelson, Kilgore in the seventh edition of Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archeology. These differences set them apart in a way that tells us how they lived and defines the difference in the two.

Hunting is another aspect that Neanderthals fell behind in and may have lead to there evolutionary dead end. Neanderthals had not form of projectile weapons, thus preventing them from long distance hunting. They mostly used weapons that could kill at a close range. While the Neanderthals were suffering from there lack of skills in hunting at a distance the Homo sapiens were throwing spears and using bow and arrows for long distance kills. They would also hunt in groups to possibly enhance their chances of trapping the animals in which they are hunting.

Art work was uncommon among the Neanderthals. With the Homo sapiens art work was much more common. They advanced in to not only cave murals but also into art that was able to be moved around , having a wide range of techniques materials used.

In 1856 at the Feldhofer Cave, Germany, Neanderthal Man introduced himself to the world indicated by Turnbaugh, Jurmain, Nelson, Kilgore in the seventh edition of Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archeology. Named after the valley in which he was discovered (Neander Tal), this hominid would send anthropologists mad for over 100 years. They were initially though of as dim-witted brutes with clubs and beast like characteristics. French Paleontologist, Marcelin Boule was the creator of this misconception about the Neanderthals. Boule declare that the

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