Neanderthals meet homosapiensA comparison between the two

Compairing Homosapiens and Neanderthals

Everyday lifeThe neanderthals were quite dependent on keeping a fire to have

them stay warm, although they struggled to keep it alive during the nights and so they were probably cold during their nights.

Although we still need fires, we’re not as dependent on them as the neanderthals were as we today have many different sources to get electricity and heat from.

Everyday lifeThe neanderthals lived in smaller groups and usually didn’t

communicate much to other groups of indiviuals. They buried their dead, and evidence shows they tried to nurse injured individuals in their groups back to health. This behaviour is very similar to the behaviour and social organisation of the homo sapiens.

The neanderthals were anatomically adapted with larger torsos and shorter limbs to minimise heat loss. Homo sapiens aren’t as robustly built as we aren’t in the same need of protection from the cold. Our teeth are smaller as we don’t use them in the same way neanderthals used to.

Everyday life●Hunted for smaller animals such as deer, but also ate the meat of

larger animals when found dead from natural causes. Although they mainly lived on meat, evidence shows they sometimes would eat plant based foods. The diet of homo sapiens is a lot more varied, though most of the meat we consume is produced in factories rather than hunted down.

●To help with difficult tasks the neanderthals used their body strength, for example, they often used their teeth as a vise. They also used simple tools such as pieces of stone or wood to help with tasks. The modern day human have access to machines/more complex tools to help us handle thougher tasks.

Anatomy and BrainThe neanderthals had a stout body type, wide ribcage, were in the

range of 152-168 cm tall (about the same height as the homo sapiens who lived at the same time)

Neanderthals weighed more because of their robust body and were remarkably stronger than the homo sapiens

Neanderthals had smaller chins, but larger noses and eye sockets. They also had a heavy eyebrow ridge, in contrast to the modern humans.

Modern humans did and still do not have as short necks as the neanderthals did and the neanderthals’ backs did not sway as much as the backs of the homo sapiens did.

DNA tests suggest that the neanderthals carried genes for red hair and pale skin due to the lack of a mutation which the modern humans had

Anatomy and BrainThe neanderthals skulls had larger eye sockets since they lived far up

north in Europe where there were low amounts of light. This was to improve their vision.

These eye sockets caused their brains to become smaller and larger parts of the brain were used for vision and mobility, which left a smaller area for more advanced thinking also used to create social networks. This meant that the neanderthals struggled to form social linkages and therefore lived in smaller groups.

The modern humans had larger areas for advanced thinking and could therefore live in larger groups.

social lifeNeanderthals are our closest extinct human relatives.

Neanderthals lived during the ice age. They often took shelter from the ice,snow,and otherwise unpleasant in Eurasia`s plentiful limestone caves, many of their fossils have been found in caves, leading for the popular idea of them as “cave men”.

Neanderthal lived in nuclear families. Discoveries of elderly deformed Neanderthals skeletons suggest the they took care of their sick and those who could not care for themselves.

social lifeNeanderthals typically lived to be about 30 years old ,though some lived longer.

it is accepted that Neanderthals buried their dead.

it is not known if they had language ,though the large size and complex nature of their brain make it likely possibility.

Anatomy and Brain

Homo sapiensNeanderthals

When the two met...When compairing a number of sources, the general idea of when, and where, they met is this: Neanderthals and Homosapiens met more than 40,000 years ago, possibly 60,000 years ago. This may have first happened in the Middle East, possibly in Israel. The evidence that this is based on comes from DNA and bones.

Some researchers suggest that the population from the first interbreeding went on to migrate to Europe, Asia and North America. Then the second interbreeding with an archaic population in eastern Asia further altered the genetic makeup of people in Oceania.

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