{"id":13483,"date":"2022-04-21T16:51:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T16:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=13483"},"modified":"2022-04-21T16:51:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T16:51:31","slug":"how-advanced-were-the-neanderthals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/how-advanced-were-the-neanderthals\/","title":{"rendered":"How advanced were the Neanderthals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"How advanced were the Neanderthals?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rh-negative-blood-and-people\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5WJT5UWsPF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/the-neanderthals-didnt-go-extinct-they-were-simply-outnumbered\/\">The Neanderthals didn&#8217;t go extinct. They were simply outnumbered!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;The Neanderthals didn&#8217;t go extinct. They were simply outnumbered!&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/the-neanderthals-didnt-go-extinct-they-were-simply-outnumbered\/embed\/#?secret=WqvtRz2CEk#?secret=5WJT5UWsPF\" data-secret=\"5WJT5UWsPF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Neanderthal braincase averages 1,640&nbsp;cc&nbsp;for males and 1,460 cc for females,&nbsp;within the possible range of modern humans,&nbsp;which is, on average, 1,270&nbsp;cm<sup>3<\/sup>&nbsp;(78&nbsp;cu&nbsp;in) for males and 1,130&nbsp;cm<sup>3<\/sup>&nbsp;(69&nbsp;cu&nbsp;in) for females in present-day.&nbsp;For 28 modern human specimens from 190 to 25&nbsp;thousand years ago, the average was about 1,478&nbsp;cm<sup>3<\/sup>&nbsp;(90.2&nbsp;cu&nbsp;in) disregarding sex, and modern human brain size is suggested to have decreased since the Upper Palaeolithic.&nbsp;The largest Neanderthal brain,&nbsp;Amud 1, was calculated to be 1,736&nbsp;cm<sup>3<\/sup>&nbsp;(105.9&nbsp;cu&nbsp;in), one of the largest ever recorded in hominids.&nbsp;Both Neanderthal and human infants measure about 400&nbsp;cm<sup>3<\/sup>&nbsp;(24&nbsp;cu&nbsp;in).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rh-negative-blood-and-people\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2RS1WCTucv\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/neanderthals-found-to-be-partial-rhd-not-rhd\/\">Neanderthals found to be Partial RhD (not RhD-)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Neanderthals found to be Partial RhD (not RhD-)&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/neanderthals-found-to-be-partial-rhd-not-rhd\/embed\/#?secret=RVrbkUrJiu#?secret=2RS1WCTucv\" data-secret=\"2RS1WCTucv\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Remains of Middle Palaeolithic stone tools on Greek islands indicate early seafaring by Neanderthals in the&nbsp;Ionian Sea&nbsp;possibly starting as far back as 200\u2013150&nbsp;thousand years ago. The oldest stone artefacts from&nbsp;Crete&nbsp;date to 130\u2013107&nbsp;thousand years ago,&nbsp;Cephalonia&nbsp;125&nbsp;thousand years ago, and&nbsp;Zakynthos&nbsp;110\u201335&nbsp;thousand years ago. The makers of these artefacts likely employed simple&nbsp;reed boats&nbsp;and made one-day crossings back and forth.&nbsp;Other Mediterranean islands with such remains include&nbsp;Sardinia,&nbsp;Melos,&nbsp;Alonnisos,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Naxos&nbsp;(although Naxos may have been connected to land),&nbsp;and it is possible they crossed the&nbsp;Strait of Gibraltar.&nbsp;If this interpretation is correct, Neanderthals&#8217; ability to engineer boats and navigate through open waters would speak to their advanced cognitive and technical skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rh-negative-blood-and-people\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ddyLQJaAsR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/neanderthalhands\/\">Who were the Neanderthals and why should we care?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Who were the Neanderthals and why should we care?&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/neanderthalhands\/embed\/#?secret=MIh25ks2v9#?secret=ddyLQJaAsR\" data-secret=\"ddyLQJaAsR\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"How advanced were the Neanderthals?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"How advanced were the Neanderthals?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>The Neanderthal braincase averages 1,640&nbsp;cc&nbsp;for males and 1,460 cc for females,&nbsp;within the possible range of modern humans,&nbsp;which is, on average, 1,270&nbsp;cm3&nbsp;(78&nbsp;cu&nbsp;in) for males and 1,130&nbsp;cm3&nbsp;(69&nbsp;cu&nbsp;in) for females in present-day.&nbsp;For 28 modern human specimens from 190 to 25&nbsp;thousand years ago, the average was about 1,478&nbsp;cm3&nbsp;(90.2&nbsp;cu&nbsp;in) disregarding sex, and modern human brain size is suggested to have decreased since the Upper Palaeolithic.&nbsp;The largest Neanderthal brain,&nbsp;Amud 1, was calculated to be 1,736&nbsp;cm3&nbsp;(105.9&nbsp;cu&nbsp;in), one of the largest ever recorded in hominids.&nbsp;Both Neanderthal and human infants measure about 400&nbsp;cm3&nbsp;(24&nbsp;cu&nbsp;in). Remains of Middle Palaeolithic stone tools on Greek islands indicate early seafaring by Neanderthals in the&nbsp;Ionian Sea&nbsp;possibly starting as far back as 200\u2013150&nbsp;thousand years ago. 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