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Extinction of our Last Rivals, Homo Neanderthalensis

Extinction of our Last Rivals, Homo Neanderthalensis. Levi Johnston. Hypothesis Models. What led to the extinction of Homo Neanderthalensis ? Disease Model Interbreeding Model Genocide Model Competition Model. Disease Model Wolff & Greenwood. Cannibalism Kuru

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Extinction of our Last Rivals, Homo Neanderthalensis

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  1. Extinction of our Last Rivals,Homo Neanderthalensis Levi Johnston

  2. Hypothesis Models • What led to the extinction ofHomo Neanderthalensis? • Disease Model • Interbreeding Model • Genocide Model • Competition Model

  3. Disease ModelWolff & Greenwood • Cannibalism • Kuru • Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies • “Mad Neanderthal Disease”

  4. Interbreeding ModelR.E. Green, et al. • Human-Neanderthal hybrid • European ancestry • Up to 4% genomic similarity

  5. Genocide Model • Competitive disadvantages • Shorter legs • Larger joints • Friction • Thicker bones • Heavier http://mathildasanthropologyblog.wordpress.com

  6. Competition Model

  7. Competition ModelJ.R. Faria Renewable Resources Coexistence Extinction Human Population Trap Neanderthal Population

  8. Conclusion “There was nothing inevitable about the triumph of the Moderns, and a twist of Pleistocene fate could have left the Neanderthals occupying Europe to this day.” -Dr. Stringer & Dr. Gamble

  9. Bibliography • Faria, J. R. 2000. What happened to the Neanderthals? – The survival trap. Intl. Review for Social Sciences. 63:151-172. • Green, R. E., et al. A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome. Science. 328:710-722. • Smith, F. H., I. Jankovic, and I. Karavanic. 2005. The assimilation model, modern human origins in Europe, and the extinction of Neandertals. Quaternary Intl. 137:7-19. • Stringer, C., and W. Davies. 2001. Those elusive Neanderthals. Nature. 413:791-792. • Tattersal, I., and J. H. Schwartz. 1999. Hominids and hybrids: The place of Neanderthals in human evolution. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 96:7117-7119. • Wolff, H., and A. D. Greenwood. 2010. Did viral disease of humans wipe out Neandertals?. Medical Hypotheses. 75:99-105.

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