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Paper Abstract: Examines how former disappeared & latter emerged. Archaeological evidence, theories, tools, rituals, society, communications, evolution, interbreeding. Paper Introduction: A number of questions have been raised as a result of the studies pertaining to Neanderthal man. Like modern man, the Neanderthals are classified as homo sapiens. This distinguishes them from the homo erectus creatures which preceded them. Descriptions of Neanderthal man indicate that he "was normally chinless, had prominent brow ridges and a receding forehead, but his brain was as large as modern man's" (Bray & Trump, 1979, p. 159). At the same time, however, the Neanderthals were clearly different in many ways from modern man. In fact, there is evidence that when the Neanderthals became extinct, they were replaced by Cro-Magnon man. The Cro-Magnons are essentially the same as modern man. By contrast, the remains of Neanderthal man seem to possess characteristics which are both primitive and modern. The fossil evidence indicates that the Neanderthals co- Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. We want to give you as much information as we possibly can about our papers and essays, but we cannot give them away for free. In the text below you will find that while disordered, many of the phrases are essentially intact. From this text you will be able to get a solid sense of the writing style, the concepts addressed, and the sources used in the research paper. of Neanderthal man indicatethat he was time however the Neanderthals were clearlydifferent in of Neanderthal man seem to possess linkedto one another There is little doubt that the Neanderthals they gradually evolved intothe Cro-Magnons Others suggest that the Cro-Magnons Germany Dr Karl J Fuhlrott was responsible forsalvaging the conclusion that they represented the remains of ahuman an ape-like ancestor Reader p Other In order to explain thenon-human features removed all doubts regarding their are found throughout the world This indicates East Northern Africa Asia and various parts of found in California in Corliss of those regions is much the Neanderthals tosurvive in the colder areas they had to moreadvanced than the primitive near-human creatures years ago Muller p Other estimates place the appearance by the Cro-Magnons atsome time is apparent that the Neanderthals came some time afterthe Australopithecus LikeNeanderthal man Australopithecus man stood upright In addition muchsmaller brain shell The increased size of the Neanderthal noted that the Neanderthals were notcompletely the same as modern humans Roe p In fact modern man in that his limb theNeanderthals had a more primitive woman and dress him or her the Neanderthals represent an important used as tools and weapons made fromflakes which had been broken off It may be noted however simply able to put fireto Muller p At any rate the stone comparatively large Marshack p Inaddition to these tools were more perfect andmore beautiful than awareness and fear of death led homo sapiens to developed an awareness of death Specifically a is assumed that this practice was carried out been hypothesized that thispractice was developed because it took up items have included food tools animalbodies and sometimes Roe p In other Neanderthal graves earth pigment called ochre' Ronen p All ritesof the Neanderthals are the oldest surviving evidence for religiousbeliefs supply ofprovisions for the dead White p Neanderthal man hadprobably become aware of the fact earlier homoerectus Neanderthal man was no longer a also reflected in the socialorganization of the Neanderthals The society with seasonal sites andtasks and lived in cave dwellings With laterdevelopment hunting As noted theability to hunt for food technologies of hunting to new heights mutual goal In the words of Muller Neanderthal man human-like creatures theNeanderthals also made Neanderthals hadadvanced to the level where there was a capability Neanderthals were the first human-like animalchosen for this type of primitive form ofspoken language Of course there is that they may haveengaged in cannibalistic rituals Monte Circeo in Italy Roe p Roe bases that the brainswere subsequently eaten White to have been burned from cooking White may haveeaten the body parts of the dead for the many other researchers today who question theevidence that supposedly face of the earth They were replaced by making tools weapons and other implements Inaddition they worked bone horn and ivory Muller howto make it Furthermore there is evidence transition to the type of in the social patterns whichwould gradually evolve believe thatthese artistic artifacts are related pregnant women mayhave been created higher level of development There says There is still a blank in the to the disappearance of theNeanderthals thedevelopment of modern man may these are the twobasic scientific theories which theevolution theory The evolution theory was as species of birds and other animals were known point of view The first Neanderthal the scientist Karl Fuhlrott was able to save some pieces they contained both human and remainsindicated signs in support of human evolution Other rather those of a modern-day pathological idiot whether the remains are proof of evolution or of human and ape-like features was comparablewith that of the modern argued against the evolution theory In hisopinion an ape-likeancestor Reader p At about because the mandible-style jawbone is not found Because this mandible was found on the skull of humankind that exists today man Clark andPiggott have claimed that the Neanderthals examining thisspecimen Clark and Piggott if found together or singly have been classified as belonging forevolution from one type of have resulted from the merging ofNeanderthal and point of view there is really befully proved is if a modern man In the words of Reader Since the This type of discovery may yet be made at by Cro-Magnon man continues to Cro-Magnons It isbelieved that the Cro-Magnons had stronger genetic traits from somewhere outsideEurope Bray Trump p At some troubling aspects of the interbreedingtheory is the idea in an effort to answer this question Some of these this regard one isreminded of the theories which claim Therefore as in the case of the evolution the field ofarchaeology who believe in the interbreeding Eastthere is evidence that incoming homo in Europe suddenly' Marshack p This sudden appearance gradualarrival instead Marshack also argues between the two groups In comparing from the Neanderthals In turn it issurmised that the disappearance the interbreeding theory In support of the theory he Neanderthals and the rise of the later on Ronen p Nevertheless as in the case being mere theories which lack solidproof evolution Someresearchers have claimed that the theory theinterbreeding theory is supported by the evidence which interbred with oneanother It is also reasonable to assume might have phased out the obsoletecharacteristics indicates that the Cro-Magnons may havearrived from man Obviously both the evolution theory and the interbreedingtheory determine which if either of these to this mystery lies somewhere between theextremes of these modern homo sapiens of today This it For example the Neanderthal capability for making that theNeanderthals had made strides in learning how to how tocook with it as well The Neanderthals developed a and raising livestock These weretwo modern skills that as well as artistic creation unanswered at this time The prehistoricrecord indicates that the existence follow from the evidence In fact examination theory is shown by thefact that the use of tools as well as inthe advancement some type of missing link whichclearly shows this time solid evidence in support of either being remain anopen one Bray York Alfred A Knopf Corliss W R Ancient man The roots of civilization The cognitivebeginnings of man's Brown and Company Roe D man the Neanderthals areclassified as homo sapiens This distinguishes brain was as large as modern man's by Cro-Magnon man The Cro-Magnons with Cro-Magnon man Thus many archaeologists havequestioned arose in their wake Some The first Neanderthal bones were discovered make a scientific description of thebones Studying the skull indicating that the remains were of an earlystage these opponents claimed that the bones fromNeander Valley were the Neanderthal period have been interesting fact about the discovery the basisof this evidence Neanderthals are United States Forexample some skulls and skeletal in understanding the evolutionary development began their development in the warmer regions they were able to use animal skins for Muller has claimed that Neanderthal also based upon estimates In this an approximate time frame of when the Neanderthals Cro-Magnons Before the Neanderthals the primitive human species man However Australopithecus man differed from Neanderthal man classified as homo sapiens just as modern humanbeings are that the larger brain size of earlier state of development Roe has these differences can be misleading it is commonly held that if the difference between them and were made during their time For example Neanderthal man was and more efficient tools than ever before One Neanderthalinnovation can which had beenused before The Neanderthals were also noted for Neanderthals were capableof making fires It their ability to use fire for heat theNeanderthals probably conceived and wrought and the range of manyNeanderthal implements have been discovered which have beconnected to a growing awareness p There is another important way in which burying their dead In contrast withmodern society these usually very small and the bodies were placedinside fact that various items have been found inside In that grave several goat horns were in many others the entiregrave site of the dead Ronen p By an after-life thoughthis is implied by of a life after death Muller p As for relatively sophisticated level ofdevelopment in and a concern for other significant people alsowith such things as work specialization and a division level of intelligence cognition culture andinterrelation Marshack p In contrast important aspect of social organization however can be seen they did The ability to hunt hadbeen developed prior implies a strong social order in which various hunters would hardlybe capable of any of the tools whichhad existed efficient than it had been in the past preyed on one particular animal As In addition to these aspects of social development there is remain on the level of advanced Roesuggests that possible evidence for cannibalism as if for the purpose of removing thebrains However the factthat many Neanderthal skulls have been broken into a rudimentary respect forthe dead In particular White p Again it must be stressed that the skulls or the existenceof holes in them Approximately modern man TheCro-Magnons were more culturally advanced than the tools than ever before includingtools contrastto the Neanderthals the Cro-Magnons not only how the world The Cro-Magnons were significant in the crops Ronen p In addition theywere Cro-Magnons were extant is filled withworks have served the purpose of giving a sense understanding of thesethings However with the Cro-Magnons the concepts of the manner ofthis replacement is new man and his culture Marshack p Perhaps that the Neanderthals and theCro-Magnons the earlierand later species then it could be hypothesized One group of scientistsbelieves in by the recent work ofCharles an earlier form of primate The value of the bones and threw themaway with the rest the anatomy expert HermannSchaafhausen Dr Schaafhausen made a thorough of theearly inhabitants of Europe Daniel Renfrew p Thus Schaafhausen that the bones were not world and the scientific community wasfinally forced to admit the of the bones that had been discovered at NeanderValley Like and modern Huxley was particularlyimpressed with the fact that the could be encompassed withinthe variation now seen that at most it showedsome reversion In a Neanderthal mandible was unearthed in Belgium This discovery generally agreed to be ofremarkably primitive form some seeing it again began to consider the possibility that that Neanderthal skulls have the brow-ridges ofhomo erectus as well theory can be seen in some Neanderthal remainswhich were part of the skull and lower jaw exhibitso qualified asNeanderthal Clark Piggot p This mixing of Neanderthal andCro-Magnon as a sign of interbreeding as provide a more reasonable explanation for the mixing morphological change has continued to the present day Grayson offinding a good example of human remains carrying could be expected to bear human evolution as an explanation to this theory the Neanderthalsdisappeared as more and more of the Cro-Magnons' modern characteristics This theEuropean region and replaced the Neanderthals the case then thequestion is raised regarding exactly may have come from some location rate there is no solid evidence to support any of the present day Despite the hisview the Cro-Magnons arrived from outside of Europe and subsequentlyinterbred that support for the interbreeding theory been the cause for theCro-Magnons' appearance then another If evolution were the cause for thetransformation in the similarities Therefore it is again surmised that the agrees that there is a Neanderthals gradually evolved into the Cro-Magnons is discredited simply interbred with the moderntype arguments on both sides of the issue have their individualmerits which show a sharing ofold of continuitybetween Mousterian Neanderthal and Upper atthe same time it is traits in common with modern man it the archaeologicalrecord which shows a relatively the Neanderthals but rather interbred with of theNeanderthals Due to a lack of scanty to make the full story certain theNeanderthals represented a transition from erectus creatures which preceded it the Cro-Magnons were far advanced over those of theNeanderthals Another only knew how to use fire further As a sign of increased development the theNeanderthals is the fact that they seemed Nevertheless the question of how the this as providingsupport for the the occasional mixing of traits which modern homo sapiens of today The archaeological correct there is a need for further evidence Proof hand requires hard evidence in supportof the claim material from the criticalperiod is archaeology Harmondsworth Penguin Books Clark G Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press Grayson D K York Harper Brothers Reader J Missing links The hunt The past is human New York TaplingerPublishing A number of questions have been raised as normally chinless had prominent brow ridges many ways from modern man In fact there is evidence characteristics which are bothprimitive and modern The represent animportant turning point in prehistoric times After were an entirelyseparate group and that remains from a quarry dump being However Schaafhausen also observed that there were somenonhuman characteristics scientists at the time disagreed in the bones these scientists suggested that theremains belonged to antiquity Nevertheless a number of questions still exist concerning exactly a widespreaddistribution of the Neanderthals Europe In addition Neanderthal remains p The fact that the colder than it isin North Africa have developed an ability to usefire In addition this who preceded them The remains of Neanderthals have of the Neanderthals at between years ago and between and years ago Ronen p Despite the inability existence of homo erectus and some time prior thereare many similar features to be found in comparing man's brain shows anevolutionary step toward modern humanity as modern man In fact the brain capacity ofNeanderthal man the cultural evidence which is bonesand his skull retained a number of appearance and lifestyle than modern man However the Neanderthals up in modern clothes no phase in theevolutionary development of humankind can be seen in Simple tools had already existedprior to the time of larger stones They were stronger andthus that there isno evidence to good use whenever they found it tools created by the Neanderthals show a highsense of craftsmanship their increased practicality the tools of the any stone tools made before that time Ronen want to create objectsof lasting beauty that number ofprehistoric grave sites have been discovered which indicate because theNeanderthals wanted to keep their departed loved ones less space inside the dwelling White p One of the flowers Ronen p An example of thispractice can be seen alarge stone was placed on of these burial customs show that the Neanderthals had a Bray Trump p White for example has claimed We Muller has likewisesuggested that the evidence of Neanderthal burials may that he had a soul Muller p If mere animal Instead theNeanderthals had developed modern human archaeological record suggests thatNeanderthal man was concerned not with occupational and sexual specialization both the Neanderthals also learned how to create simple huts and animal skins was a For example the evidence shows that Neanderthal evidently had some sort of social more efficient use of the weapons of hunting Theflake-tools for fashioning finepoints on weapons Ronen p creatures tocome up with the idea of specialized hunting In specialized hunting was generally the animal thatwas most extant in no way for obtaining evidence tosupport This is perhaps one of the mostcontroversial of the Neanderthal his belief on the fact that some has also suggested the existence ofcannibalism among the Neanderthals p White connects his theory of cannibalism with theidea that purpose of obtaining some of thepower strength or supports this theory Indeed there are a the Cro-Magnons a group of to being able to hunt for food p The Cro-Magnon hunters also developed that Cro-Magnon man was capableof cooking food Muller p Compared civilization which exists inmodern times Thus the Cro-Magnons into the first cities Yet another contribution of the Cro-Magnons to the religious beliefs which wereundergoing further development at the for the purpose of insuring is widespread agreement among archaeologists today thatNeanderthal record ofevents that must have occurred between is whether or not they overlapped with the Cro-Magnons have come about as a result of interbreedingbetween exist today regarding the disappearance developed soon after the first to evolvefrom one form to another bones wereuncovered in a limestone quarry in the Neander Valley of the bones thathad been non-humancharacteristics On the basis of his research Schaafhausen concluded thatthe scientists at thetime who examined the bones Daniel Renfrew p Over time more not stillcontinues to the present day In the late in the remains However in human brain on the basis of this fact Huxleyconcluded that the Neanderthal skull was nothing more than a the same time however furtherevidence in support of the in modern human beings In fact of aNeanderthal human it provided renewed support Clark and Piggott are two such scientists combined primitive withadvanced traits Clark Piggot point out that certain parts of to a prototype of Cromagnon man whereasthe anterior part of human to the next At the same Cro-Magnon genes While admitting this possibility Clarkand Piggott nonetheless argue no clear evidence at thistime in support of the missing link is found Ever since theory ofevolution proposed that man and the apes some time in the future becontroversial The other major theory As such theNeanderthals were eventually phased out as the point in time between and that the Cro-Magnons originated somewhere else and suggestions seem feasible on their surface that the evolution of humankind theory the questions over theinterbreeding theory For example Mullersees Cro-Magnon sapiens mixed with Neanderthal man toproduce a seems to support the idea that the Cro-Magnonsarrived from that Cro-Magnon could not haveevolved from the boththe physical and cultural aspects of Neanderthals and of the Neanderthals was due to a notes the factthat the Cro-Magnons coexisted with the Cro-Magnons was due to interbreedingrather than evolution In his view of the evolution theory there is nosufficient evidence at The evolution theory is supported to an extent by the of evolutionary change in humanbeings is shows that theNeanderthals coexisted with that the group with the strongestgenes for survival would eventually which are typically found in Neanderthal remains Furthersupport for outside Europe In turn it suggests that the Cro-Magnonswere a have arguments in their favor Unfortunately this fact theories is the correct one Thus as indicated in two theories In this regard transition can beclearly seen by comparing the culture of the tools wasa definite advancement over that use fire for heatingpurposes As the next social organizationthat went beyond anything that had ever existed before were apparently lacking in the Neanderthal huntingculture Yet another example However again theCro-Magnons went far of the Cro-Magnons overlapped with thatof the of Neanderthalremains gives a great deal of support for the Neanderthals marked a transition of social organization In order to determine both primitive and modern features Proof for theory islacking Therefore in seeking to answer the Trump p References Bray W A handbook of puzzlingartifacts Glen Arm Md The first art symbol and notation New York McGraw-HillBook Prehistory An introduction Berkeley Universityof California Press them from the homo erectuscreatures which preceded them Descriptions Bray Trump p At the same are essentially the same as modern man By contrast theremains whether the Neanderthals and the Cro-Magnons are somehow scientists believethat the Neanderthals became extinct because in in the NeanderValley of Western fragments and the other skeletal pieces Schaafhausen reached the of human evolution linking man to those of a modern human being found Subsequentstudies on these remains have of Neanderthal remains isthat they known to have lived in the Middle parts were discovered in Nebraska in and two skulls were of humankind This is true because the climate and thenmigrated north into the colder realms In order for clothing andshelter Ronen p Thus the Neanderthals were obviously man appeared on the scene perhaps a hundred thousand regard it isgenerally held that the Neanderthals were replaced existed canbe seen Thus it wasrepresented by the homo erectus man known as in that he had a However it must also be the Neanderthals does not indicatethat they were as highly developed furthernoted that Neanderthal man differed from if they areinterpreted incorrectly It is true comparatively speaking that one were to take aNeanderthal man or modern human beings Ronen p The fact that responsible for the development of stone implementswhich were be seen in the making of flake-tools These were their ability to makeuse of fire for heating purposes is more likely that they were did not know how to cook their food specialized tools points and edges decorative designscarved upon them Ronen claims that of death According to this perspective an the Neanderthals can be seento have graves were generally dug inside the dwellings of theNeanderthals It them in a fetal position It has the graveswith the skeletal remains These found placed besidethe body of a child was smeared with a red extension some researchers have suggested that the burial the use of colouring material and the thereligious implications of this Muller indicates that Neanderthal society In contrast to the These aspects of development are of labor In theview of Marshack the complex Neanderthal with earlier human-like species Neanderthal man often in the Neanderthal style of to the advent of the Neanderthals however theNeanderthals took the hunters wereable to work together toward a Muller p Compared with the earlier species of before In addition the technology of the It has alsobeen noted that the anindication of the Neanderthals' developing cognitive ability the thepossibility that Neanderthal man may have developed a a hypothesis Another hypotheticalview regarding the Neanderthals is the possibility can be found in theNeanderthal remains which were uncovered at this in itself is no reason to assume In addition whiteindicates that some skulls appear White believes that the Neanderthals theory of Neanderthal cannibalism is highlycontroversial There are to years ago the Neanderthalsdisappeared from the Neanderthals as well asbeing more adept at to make tools and with stone to use fire but also evolutionary development of humankindbecause they mark a the first people to start settling down such as wall paintings and statuettes Many researchers ofmagical control over the hunt Likewise statuettes of art and religionattained an even in doubt Bray Trump p Marshacknotes this dilemma when he the most fundamental question relating existed together at the same time This would mean that that perhaps theNeanderthals evolved into the Cro-Magnons In fact the interbreeding theory while the other believes in Darwin and others regarding the evolution of various differentspecies Just existence of Neanderthal remainsprovided support for this of the quarry debris Reader p However description of the remainsand determined that was the first person to suggest that the Neanderthal those of an ancienthuman being but were antiquity of the finds However thecontroversy over Schaafhausen Huxley noted the combination size of the brain cavity among human crania Grayson p Inthis way Huxley expressly from the modern human skull towards that of stirred upa great deal of interest in the scientific community as support for Darwin Grayson p Neanderthal man hadevolved into the modern form as the large brain capacity of modern uncovered at a site in the Middle East In modern an appearance that they might well traits in a single specimen seems to provide strong evidence opposed toevolution Thus the combined traits may oftraits Clark Piggot p Despite this p The only way that the evolution theory can the traits of bothprimitive and some attributes of both Reader p for thereplacement of Neanderthal man a result of their interbreeding with the theory presupposes that the Cro-Magnons came that had formerly beenflourishing there One of the most where the Cro-Magnons came from Various suggestions have been made inAsia Other suggestions have been farfetched In these views at this time controversy there are many scholars in with the Neanderthals According to Muller In the Near can be found in the factthat modern man appeared the fossil record would show a more prehistoric times there would probably be moresimilarities than differences Cro-Magnons were an entirelydifferent branch of humanity great deal of validity to be foundin somewhat Ronen believes that the disappearance ofthe of homo sapiens that appeared they can still be seen as and new traits seem to provide evidence for Palaeolithic Cro-Magnon flint-working Bray Trump p On the other hand reasonable to hypothesize that they is possible thatinterbreeding of the two groups sudden appearance of the Cro-Magnons inEurope This rapid appearance them in order to create the genetic patterns ofmodern solid evidence it is impossible at thistime to Marshack p Perhaps the solution the ancient ape-like homoerectus to the and that of the Cro-Magnons whichfollowed example can be seen in the fact but also knew how to make fire and Cro-Magnons were capable at growing crops to have developed a simpleunderstanding of death Neanderthals disappeared andthe Cro-Magnons appeared remains interbreeding theory However this conclusion does notnecessarily is found insuch remains Further support for the evolution recordclearly indicates a gradual development in for the evolution theory requires that Cro-Magnon man appeared suddenly on the Neanderthalscene At so scanty that the question must for the time Piggott S Prehistoric societies New The establishment of human antiquity NewYork Academic Press Marshack A for earliest man Boston Little Company a result of the studiespertaining to Neanderthal man Like modern and a recedingforehead but his thatwhen the Neanderthals became extinct they were replaced fossil evidence indicates that the Neanderthalsco-existed for a while their disappearance modern human civilizations modern man arose as a result of interbreedingbetween the two However an anatomist namedHermann Schaafhausen was the first to to be found in the bones Schaafhauseninterpreted this finding as very strongly withthis hypothesis Many of someone with medical deformities Since manyother remains from how theevidence provided by the remains should be interpreted One over the face of the earth On have been found in parts of the Neanderthals lived in parts of Europe and Asiais important and the Middle East The evidence shows that theNeanderthals migration indicates that the Neanderthals lived incave dwellings and that been dated in order to determineapproximately when they lived years ago The time when the Neanderthalsbecame extinct is of scientists to narrow down these estimates any morethan this to or co-existent with the the bone structures inthe remains of the Neanderthals and Australopithecus This is reflected in the factthat the Neanderthals are was actually larger than that of modern man Roeemphasizes available shows that theNeanderthals existed in an primitive' features Roe p Nevertheless also represented an important transition towardmodernity In fact onewould be able to tell the cultural andsocial advancements which of the Neanderthals however the Neanderthals createdbetter more practical than the crude pieces of rock and wood support the possibility that the occurring in nature In addition ithas been claimed that despite In the words of Marshack the stone tools areexquisitely Neanderthalsexhibited a step toward an appreciation of artistic concerns Thus p Some scientists hypothesize that this interest in beauty can would survive after their makers had ceased toexist Ronen that theNeanderthals were in the habit of nearby In addition Neanderthal graves were most interesting facets of Neanderthalburials is the in a Neanderthal burial mound discovered in Uzbekistannear Turkey top of the body and sense of ceremony and ritual in their disposition cannot tell whether Neanderthal man believed in provide proof of some notion this is true it shows a characteristics such as anawareness of death only with ceremonial burials but at the home siteand in the field implied a out ofanimal skins Perhaps the most vital aspect in explaininghow the Neanderthals survived as long as man was capable of hunting down largeanimals This organization forhe killed mammoths and rhinoceroses a feat that lone of the Neanderthals were stronger than This was an important step towardmaking hunting more other words theNeanderthal hunters often the region in which the hunters lived Ronen p this idea Therefore the possibility of a Neanderthal languagewill undoubtedly theories to have ever been of the humanskulls at the site were broken open Like Roe White refers to Neanderthal man had begun to develop wisdom of the dead person varietyof other possible reasons to explain the burning of homo sapiens which was very similar to the Cro-Magnons knew how to catchfish They developed more efficient advancedweapons such as spear throwers and bows Muller p In with the Neanderthals the Cro-Magnons made more extensive migrations around were the first group of people todomesticate animals and grow was their development ofart The period during which the time Thus for example wallpaintings of animals may fertility As noted theNeanderthals were beginning to develop a primitive man was replaced by the Cro-Magnons However the disappearance of Neanderthal manand the coming of the Ifthere was an overlap then it can be assumed the two However if there was not an overlap between ofthe Neanderthals and the rise of the Cro-Magnons discovery ofNeanderthal remains in It was largely inspired it was theorized that humankind probably evolvedfrom of Germany Theworkmen at the site were unaware of the discarded Fuhlrott took his bones to Neanderthal bones were remnants of the most ancient memorial disagreed with Schaafhausen's conclusion Forexample it was widely argued Neanderthal remains werediscovered in various parts of the nineteenth century the biologist Thomas Huxley made athorough examination contrast to Schaafhausen Huxleysaw the bones as being more human-like the features shown by this skull pathologicalvariation of a normal human skull He believed evolution theory was being discovered associatedwith extinct mammals this mandible was for the evolution theory Scientists who support the evolutiontheory Noting the fact p Further evidence insupport of the evolution the skeleton notably the limb bones posterior the skull recovered alone would have time thisevidence can also be interpreted in favor of the evolution theory claimingthat it seems to evolution theory Thus the search for absoluteproof of human the firstNeanderthal bones were discovered supporters of evolution have dreamed shared a common ancestor then thelink Until then the theory of for explaining this phenomenon is theinterbreeding theory According mixed children of the twospecies adapted years ago it is believed that the Cro-magnons moved into thencame in later to displace the Neanderthals If this was For example ithas been argued that the Cro-Magnons wasprompted by interbreeding with extra-terrestrial beings At any theory have continued to persist to man as being a separate group from Neanderthal man In breed more rugged than his own Muller p Marshackclaims a different location If evolution had Neanderthals because the two species are dramaticallydifferent from one Cro-Magnons thedifferences tend to stand out more sharply than process ofinterbreeding with the Cro-Magnons Ronen also Neanderthals Because of thisoverlap the idea that the the evidence is clear thatNeanderthals never really died out but this time to fully prove the interbreeding theory Although the evidence offossil remains In particular skulls and bones also supported by stressing certain elements the Cro-Magnons Since both groups lived supplant the other group Since Cro-Magnon man has more the interbreeding theory can be seen in separate group which did not evolve directly from doesnothing to clarify the mystery surrounding the disappearance the words of Marshack The archaeological evidenceis still too there is no doubt that Neanderthals with that of thehomo of earlier cultures On the other hand the tools of step in evolutionary development the Cro-Magnonsnot However the Cro-Magnons went even showing the transitional nature of beyond these developments in terms of sophisticationand practicality Neanderthals Some researchers have interpreted the evolution theory This canbe seen for example in from primitive ape-likecreature to the which ifeither of the theories is theinterbreeding theory on the other question of Neanderthal man'sdisappearance it must be noted that skeletal Trump D The Penguin dictionary of Sourcebook Project Daniel G Renfrew C The idea of prehistory Company Muller H J Freedom in the ancient world New Ronen A Introducing prehistory Minneapolis LernerPublications White P of Neanderthal man indicatethat he was time however the Neanderthals were clearlydifferent in of Neanderthal man seem to possess linkedto one another There is little doubt that the Neanderthals they gradually evolved intothe Cro-Magnons Others suggest that the Cro-Magnons Germany Dr Karl J Fuhlrott was responsible forsalvaging the conclusion that they represented the remains of ahuman an ape-like ancestor Reader p Other In order to explain thenon-human features removed all doubts regarding their are found throughout the world This indicates East Northern Africa Asia and various parts of found in California in Corliss of those regions is much the Neanderthals tosurvive in the colder areas they had to moreadvanced than the primitive near-human creatures years ago Muller p Other estimates place the appearance by the Cro-Magnons atsome time is apparent that the Neanderthals came some time afterthe Australopithecus LikeNeanderthal man Australopithecus man stood upright In addition muchsmaller brain shell The increased size of the Neanderthal noted that the Neanderthals were notcompletely the same as modern humans Roe p In fact modern man in that his limb theNeanderthals had a more primitive woman and dress him or her the Neanderthals represent an important used as tools and weapons made fromflakes which had been broken off It may be noted however simply able to put fireto Muller p At any rate the stone comparatively large Marshack p Inaddition to these tools were more perfect andmore beautiful than awareness and fear of death led homo sapiens to developed an awareness of death Specifically a is assumed that this practice was carried out been hypothesized that thispractice was developed because it took up items have included food tools animalbodies and sometimes Roe p In other Neanderthal graves earth pigment called ochre' Ronen p All ritesof the Neanderthals are the oldest surviving evidence for religiousbeliefs supply ofprovisions for the dead White p Neanderthal man hadprobably become aware of the fact earlier homoerectus Neanderthal man was no longer a also reflected in the socialorganization of the Neanderthals The society with seasonal sites andtasks and lived in cave dwellings With laterdevelopment hunting As noted theability to hunt for food technologies of hunting to new heights mutual goal In the words of Muller Neanderthal man human-like creatures theNeanderthals also made Neanderthals hadadvanced to the level where there was a capability Neanderthals were the first human-like animalchosen for this type of primitive form ofspoken language Of course there is that they may haveengaged in cannibalistic rituals Monte Circeo in Italy Roe p Roe bases that the brainswere subsequently eaten White to have been burned from cooking White may haveeaten the body parts of the dead for the many other researchers today who question theevidence that supposedly face of the earth They were replaced by making tools weapons and other implements Inaddition they worked bone horn and ivory Muller howto make it Furthermore there is evidence transition to the type of in the social patterns whichwould gradually evolve believe thatthese artistic artifacts are related pregnant women mayhave been created higher level of development There says There is still a blank in the to the disappearance of theNeanderthals thedevelopment of modern man may these are the twobasic scientific theories which theevolution theory The evolution theory was as species of birds and other animals were known point of view The first Neanderthal the scientist Karl Fuhlrott was able to save some pieces they contained both human and remainsindicated signs in support of human evolution Other rather those of a modern-day pathological idiot whether the remains are proof of evolution or of human and ape-like features was comparablewith that of the modern argued against the evolution theory In hisopinion an ape-likeancestor Reader p At about because the mandible-style jawbone is not found Because this mandible was found on the skull of humankind that exists today man Clark andPiggott have claimed that the Neanderthals examining thisspecimen Clark and Piggott if found together or singly have been classified as belonging forevolution from one type of have resulted from the merging ofNeanderthal and point of view there is really befully proved is if a modern man In the words of Reader Since the This type of discovery may yet be made at by Cro-Magnon man continues to Cro-Magnons It isbelieved that the Cro-Magnons had stronger genetic traits from somewhere outsideEurope Bray Trump p At some troubling aspects of the interbreedingtheory is the idea in an effort to answer this question Some of these this regard one isreminded of the theories which claim Therefore as in the case of the evolution the field ofarchaeology who believe in the interbreeding Eastthere is evidence that incoming homo in Europe suddenly' Marshack p This sudden appearance gradualarrival instead Marshack also argues between the two groups In comparing from the Neanderthals In turn it issurmised that the disappearance the interbreeding theory In support of the theory he Neanderthals and the rise of the later on Ronen p Nevertheless as in the case being mere theories which lack solidproof evolution Someresearchers have claimed that the theory theinterbreeding theory is supported by the evidence which interbred with oneanother It is also reasonable to assume might have phased out the obsoletecharacteristics indicates that the Cro-Magnons may havearrived from man Obviously both the evolution theory and the interbreedingtheory determine which if either of these to this mystery lies somewhere between theextremes of these modern homo sapiens of today This it For example the Neanderthal capability for making that theNeanderthals had made strides in learning how to how tocook with it as well The Neanderthals developed a and raising livestock These weretwo modern skills that as well as artistic creation unanswered at this time The prehistoricrecord indicates that the existence follow from the evidence In fact examination theory is shown by thefact that the use of tools as well as inthe advancement some type of missing link whichclearly shows this time solid evidence in support of either being remain anopen one Bray York Alfred A Knopf Corliss W R Ancient man The roots of civilization The cognitivebeginnings of man's Brown and Company Roe D man the Neanderthals areclassified as homo sapiens This distinguishes brain was as large as modern man's by Cro-Magnon man The Cro-Magnons with Cro-Magnon man Thus many archaeologists havequestioned arose in their wake Some The first Neanderthal bones were discovered make a scientific description of thebones Studying the skull indicating that the remains were of an earlystage these opponents claimed that the bones fromNeander Valley were the Neanderthal period have been interesting fact about the discovery the basisof this evidence Neanderthals are United States Forexample some skulls and skeletal in understanding the evolutionary development began their development in the warmer regions they were able to use animal skins for Muller has claimed that Neanderthal also based upon estimates In this an approximate time frame of when the Neanderthals Cro-Magnons Before the Neanderthals the primitive human species man However Australopithecus man differed from Neanderthal man classified as homo sapiens just as modern humanbeings are that the larger brain size of earlier state of development Roe has these differences can be misleading it is commonly held that if the difference between them and were made during their time For example Neanderthal man was and more efficient tools than ever before One Neanderthalinnovation can which had beenused before The Neanderthals were also noted for Neanderthals were capableof making fires It their ability to use fire for heat theNeanderthals probably conceived and wrought and the range of manyNeanderthal implements have been discovered which have beconnected to a growing awareness p There is another important way in which burying their dead In contrast withmodern society these usually very small and the bodies were placedinside fact that various items have been found inside In that grave several goat horns were in many others the entiregrave site of the dead Ronen p By an after-life thoughthis is implied by of a life after death Muller p As for relatively sophisticated level ofdevelopment in and a concern for other significant people alsowith such things as work specialization and a division level of intelligence cognition culture andinterrelation Marshack p In contrast important aspect of social organization however can be seen they did The ability to hunt hadbeen developed prior implies a strong social order in which various hunters would hardlybe capable of any of the tools whichhad existed efficient than it had been in the past preyed on one particular animal As In addition to these aspects of social development there is remain on the level of advanced Roesuggests that possible evidence for cannibalism as if for the purpose of removing thebrains However the factthat many Neanderthal skulls have been broken into a rudimentary respect forthe dead In particular White p Again it must be stressed that the skulls or the existenceof holes in them Approximately modern man TheCro-Magnons were more culturally advanced than the tools than ever before includingtools contrastto the Neanderthals the Cro-Magnons not only how the world The Cro-Magnons were significant in the crops Ronen p In addition theywere Cro-Magnons were extant is filled withworks have served the purpose of giving a sense understanding of thesethings However with the Cro-Magnons the concepts of the manner ofthis replacement is new man and his culture Marshack p Perhaps that the Neanderthals and theCro-Magnons the earlierand later species then it could be hypothesized One group of scientistsbelieves in by the recent work ofCharles an earlier form of primate The value of the bones and threw themaway with the rest the anatomy expert HermannSchaafhausen Dr Schaafhausen made a thorough of theearly inhabitants of Europe Daniel Renfrew p Thus Schaafhausen that the bones were not world and the scientific community wasfinally forced to admit the of the bones that had been discovered at NeanderValley Like and modern Huxley was particularlyimpressed with the fact that the could be encompassed withinthe variation now seen that at most it showedsome reversion In a Neanderthal mandible was unearthed in Belgium This discovery generally agreed to be ofremarkably primitive form some seeing it again began to consider the possibility that that Neanderthal skulls have the brow-ridges ofhomo erectus as well theory can be seen in some Neanderthal remainswhich were part of the skull and lower jaw exhibitso qualified asNeanderthal Clark Piggot p This mixing of Neanderthal andCro-Magnon as a sign of interbreeding as provide a more reasonable explanation for the mixing morphological change has continued to the present day Grayson offinding a good example of human remains carrying could be expected to bear human evolution as an explanation to this theory the Neanderthalsdisappeared as more and more of the Cro-Magnons' modern characteristics This theEuropean region and replaced the Neanderthals the case then thequestion is raised regarding exactly may have come from some location rate there is no solid evidence to support any of the present day Despite the hisview the Cro-Magnons arrived from outside of Europe and subsequentlyinterbred that support for the interbreeding theory been the cause for theCro-Magnons' appearance then another If evolution were the cause for thetransformation in the similarities Therefore it is again surmised that the agrees that there is a Neanderthals gradually evolved into the Cro-Magnons is discredited simply interbred with the moderntype arguments on both sides of the issue have their individualmerits which show a sharing ofold of continuitybetween Mousterian Neanderthal and Upper atthe same time it is traits in common with modern man it the archaeologicalrecord which shows a relatively the Neanderthals but rather interbred with of theNeanderthals Due to a lack of scanty to make the full story certain theNeanderthals represented a transition from erectus creatures which preceded it the Cro-Magnons were far advanced over those of theNeanderthals Another only knew how to use fire further As a sign of increased development the theNeanderthals is the fact that they seemed Nevertheless the question of how the this as providingsupport for the the occasional mixing of traits which modern homo sapiens of today The archaeological correct there is a need for further evidence Proof hand requires hard evidence in supportof the 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