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Modern Humans, Neanderthals Shared Earth for 1,000 Years
joffley writes "ABC News is reporting on new evidence that has emerged suggesting Neanderthals co-existed with anatomically modern humans for at least 1,000 years in central France, before gradually disappearing about 28,000 to 30,000 years ago. But why did they disappear?"
slider technology and left the planet. Unfortunatly they lost the coordinates for there home earth dimension. Also unfortunate that they became NAZI's.
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I'm CERTAIN that I have seen a Far Side comic that dealt with this exact situation.
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Because the Flying Spaghetti Monster decided so.
They couldn't find any acting jobs until recently.
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they are still here...
huh?
"ABC News is reporting on new evidence that has emerged suggesting Neanderthals co-existed with anatomically modern humans for at least 1,000 years in central France, before gradually disappearing about 28,000 to 30,000 years ago. But why did they disappear?"
They surrendered?
"Derp de derp."
Mebbe they weren't cross fertile (produced mules) and neanderthals had such a strong exogamy component, they died out trying too hard.
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the question should be " did they dissapear?"
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and the answer is no http://newsfeed.tcm.ie/images/people/pieterdevill
serenity now!
Well, everyone took a vote, and they got voted off the island.
nothing.can.stop.me.now
They invented computers. about 100 years later, they were all nerds hiding in caves bootlegging MP3s and stealing wireless connections. Ahhh, the future of us.
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I kid, I kid.
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maybe the neanderthalls evolved, and modern humans were created by intelligent design?
by intellegent design, I of course mean Flying spahgetti monster.
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They didn't disappear, they moved into management roles.
It's not implied in the article...but I've got a nagging suspicion we just slaughtered them for fun and sport.
I'm sure many of us at Slashdot remember getting beating up by guys on the football team that resembled Neanderthals.
Based on that picture, I'd have to say that the Neanderthals died out because the Cro-Magnon women were way better looking.
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I just watched Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars movie last night and I learned that the Eidelons took humans from earth 27,000 years ago and they eventually became the Peacekeepers. That's when they stopped sharing earth.
*shrug* there doesn't have to be any evidence. but, that does mean it shouldn't be taught alongside evolution as an "alternate theory"
Great!
Why not include Scientology along with Judeo-Christian creation?
You think a Christian parents are pissed that Little Johnny was told by his teacher that man evolved from a common ancestor to apes, just wait until he comes home and tells Mommy and Daddy about a Galactic Federation founded 5,000,000 years ago, Teegeeack, H-Bombs, and body thetans.
I can't wait to see that one.
"Rocky Rococo, at your cervix!"
> *shrug* there doesn't have to be any evidence. but, that does mean it shouldn't be taught alongside evolution as an "alternate theory", just on the basis that there is no evidence.
Here are my favorite no-evidence theories that I want schoolkiddies to learn:
- Flying Spaghetti Monster Theory
- Intelligent Falling Theory
- Invisible Pink Unicorn Theory
- Last Thursday Theory
- 2+2=5 Theory
We've really got to quit letting the boring old farts set the agenda!Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
> Or maybe they just didn't fuck like rabbits and decimate their natural environment and keep moving on like an uncontrollable scourge?
I, for one, welcome our new rabbity-fucking uncontrollably moving slightly higher evolved overlords! Er... our old overlords... er... I mean us. I welcome us.
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I, for one, welcome our new Flying Spaghetti overlords.
I got nothin'
Unfortunately, the Intelligent Designer Program (IDP) will be patched to prevent the weaker from dying off and to kill off the stronger. I imagine this will be part of patch #9756483 to IDP 1.0 which will be downloaded via AutoUpdate on a Tuesday soon (since it is a critical fix). Then the evolutionists will be wrong (the strongest didn't survive) and the IDers will cover their tracks. Wait... my brain hurts - maybe the download is happening early... NO, NO... IT'S NOT OKAY TO INST.........
Why is there an "insightful" mod and why isn't it "-1"? If I wanted insight, I wouldn't be reading
Amazing, only in America would people teach in Public School that Earth was created by the Magrathean planetary construction engineer Slartibartfast. Douglas Adams would be proud!
Oh well, what the hell...
If the Scientologists get their theories in, so should Pastafarians.
;)
I can't prove my beliefs in the FSM (blessed be), but you can't disprove them either. So there!
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The rapture- this makes total sense now. So that's where all my socks disappear- I must be very favored by the IPU.
This information is obviously vital, and should no doubt be covered in Biology class!
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Do they wear dreads?
Those of us who have been touched by his noodly appendage generally prefer Angel Hair to dreads.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
My sister told me she's dated a few...
The story of the Garden of Eden (as told by a New Yorker):
God: "Hmm... Kinda bored; Greenwich Village won't exist for 6,000 years... Maybe I'll make some people, see what they get up to."
POOF!
God: "Hey, YOU! Nature-boy! Your name is Adam. See all these animals over here? They're for you. Have fun, but, um..." (thinks for a second) "I know! Ok, see those two trees over there? The ones with the juicy apples and so on? Those are the trees of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and of Life. Yeah... So... You don't need any of that stuff, so don't eat them. Everything else is fair game, though."
God (to Gabriel): "Hey, what odds will you give me that he'll pick the tree of knowledge?"
Gabriel: "My Lord, I believe he will pick the tree of Life. Knowledge is overrated, it sayeth this on Slashdot."
God: "Gimme fifty bucks on Knowledge."
(They wait a week. Nothing happens.)
God: "What IS it with this guy? All he does is pet that damn cat."
Gabriel: "Perhaps he needs someone to egg him on."
God: "Hmm... Hey! Let's get him laid!"
POOF!
God (to Adam): "Hey, Nature-boy! I made you a babe. Check her out: 36-26-36! Be fruitful and multiply! But don't eat from those two trees!"
Adam: "W00T!"
Eve: "Don't get any ideas, buster..."
(Another week goes by).
God (to Gabriel): "They're STILL not eating the damn fruit. What the hell is WRONG with these people? They're beautiful apples, huge and red, how can they MISS them???"
Gabriel: "My lord, they've been fornicating day and night. Perhaps you shouldn't have created them as adults..."
God: "Yeah, yeah... We've got to speed this process up. Fetch me that consultant."
Consultant: "Yessssssss, my Loooooorrdd?" (flicks tongue, hisses).
God: "Ok, I need you to trick that dame down there into eating some apples from that tree over there. Normal consulting rates apply, be mindful of the do not exceed rate, keep an eye on expenses or I'll really do a number on you."
And the rest, as they say... Is history!
(Epilogue):
God: "Ha! Fork 'em over, Gabe, that's two to one, too!"
Gabriel: "Man, what a disappointment. I was sure she was going to go for the Tree of Life for a minute there."
God: "Ha! By me, I knew that kid wouldn't disappoint me! Hey! I have an idea! Gimme some odds on that Kain vs. Abel bout we've got coming up... I'm feeling lucky..."
Farewell! It's been a fine buncha years!
Interesting take on that.
When I was in school, the girls with the 'large birth canals' were the more popular girls. Even though they weren't as smart as the homosapiens, we didn't call them 'neanderthals', we called them 'Cheerleaders'.
From God's Roadmap:
Beta
Release version: Homo neanderthalensis
Build name: Adam
Release date: 4,569,770,000 years after cooling
Deprecated: 4,569,971,000 years after cooling
Stable
Release version: Homo sapiens
Build name: Eve
Release date: 4,569,800,000 years after cooling
Deprecated:
[Sigh] Still deciding. I mean, the codebase is starting to look a bit creaky in a few places, and they're starting to tinker with it themselves (they think it's open source - hah!). Inquisitive little so-and-so's can't leave well enough alone... They've noticed the legacy code from the previous build too - ick, some cruft in there. Very tempting to trash the lot and start again using AOP. Mind you I mightn't have to lift a finger if they don't stop blowing each other to smithereens.
[sigh] TODO: Take oort cloud inventory - look for something nice and big...
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
Dear Mr Neanderthal,
First I must solicit your strictest confidence of this transaction. This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and "Top Secret".
You must be surprised hearing from me in this manner as we have not previously communicated.
Please allow me to introduce myself. I am HOMO SAPIENS SAPIENS, descendant and heir of the late HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS of AFRICA.
Before he passed away my late ancestor secreted one hundred thousand (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND) african elephants in the plains of Africa and I seek your assistance to export these animals to Europe where the growing shortage of the similar "Woolly mamoths" would make them highly marketable.
While the seas and deserts seperating Africa from Europe are easily overcome, African Animals are unable to tolerate cold and I will need a number of large fur coats to protect them for the journey.
In return for the suply of these furs and acting as my agent for the sale I would be delighted to offer you a full 50% of the realised market value.
Yours Faithfully
Homo Sapiens Sapiens,
Lagos,
Africa
The Neanderthals couldn't order in French so they simply starved to death.
they caught avian bird flu........ coming to a chicken near you this winter
Are you somehow unaware of the over riding laws of real men ?
1) Every hole's a goal.
2) You don't look at the mantlepiece when you're stoking the fire.
The neandrathal female in the program WAS very ugly.
But boys will be boys, won't they?
;D
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