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The biggest myths about Neanderthals - Bruce Hardy
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In 1856, quarriers working a cave in Germany’s Neander Valley
discovered several mysterious fossils.
The remains changed hands until being identified
as the skullcap and femur bones
of something ancient and human, but not quite us.
It soon became clear they belonged to an extinct human species—
the first ever known to science:
Homo neanderthalensis, or simply, Neanderthals.
Not long before the discovery,
many believed the world was only about 6,000 years old.
However, by the mid-1800s,
naturalists were more comfortable with geological timelines
and evolutionary theory.
The idea that ancient remains could belong to another human species
was finally becoming conceivable.
But misconceptions persisted, and much “Neander slander” ensued.
Early on, Neanderthals were depicted as dim-witted oafs
who died out because of their inferiority to modern humans,
aka Homo sapiens.
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