N is for Neanderthal
N is for Neanderthal, from the German, referring to the Neander valley where remains of these ancient humans were discovered. A small proportion of people around today have some Neanderthal DNA but they went extinct about 40,000 years ago. We like to think that we outsmarted them, and that's why we're here and they're not, but maybe they just all got a bad case of the flu.
Some people look more Neanderthal than others ;-)
ReplyDeleteGood old Neanderthal Man. Another of the alleged missing links in human evolution. I remember seeing a statue of one at a wildlife park somewhere. I had my phot taken standing next to it. I wonder where that photo is now.
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