WHY HOMO SAPIENS SURVIVED AND NEANDERTHALS DIED OUT?
The extinction of the Neanderthals could have been caused by their choosy appetites - they ate virtually nothing but meat, according to new a study.
"They were picky eaters," says Dr Paul Pettitt, at the University of Oxford, UK. "And this tells me that they are really unchanging - doing the same old thing year after year."
"They were picky eaters," says Dr Paul Pettitt, at the University of Oxford, UK. "And this tells me that they are really unchanging - doing the same old thing year after year."
Dr Richard Knight
Co-ordinator: National Information Society Learnerships - Ecological Informatics
Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
University of the Western Cape
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Co-ordinator: National Information Society Learnerships - Ecological Informatics
Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
University of the Western Cape
Private Bag X17
Bellville 7535
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Email Rknight@uwc.ac.za
posted by Rich Knight at
3/12/2006 07:58:00 PM
9 Comments:
Did we eat everything?
David Vaughan
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davidvaughan, at Thursday, March 16, 2006 6:46:00 PM
i think that Homo sapiens survived because they ate everything, unlike the Neanderthals because they were the predators, they have to sweat before they eat and i believe that it is possible for a hunter not to hunt anything for more than two to three days.
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Maleka Evelyn, at Friday, March 17, 2006 1:11:00 PM
hi David
that is a good question. i think we did not eat everything that is why we are not stronger than the previous generations so as the future generation won't be strong like us.
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Maleka Evelyn, at Monday, March 20, 2006 9:40:00 AM
I think Homo neanderthehals died out because they were the meat eaters and they were strangle to survive if their prey become scarce.The other thing is that they died out because they were killed by early human.Homo sapiens survived because they ate both meat and fruits from the tree.
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Masingita Lizzy, at Monday, March 20, 2006 4:08:00 PM
You have good points - many species became extinct because they became too specialized - and Neanderthal seemed to be 100% carnivorous. The habitat was changing with forests opening up and their way of hunting which appeared to be sit and wait for prey and traps for prey. They appeared not to have throwing spears that went very far and were very physical in slaughtering of the prey - hence many rodeo style injuries (especially neck)
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Maleka Evelyn, at Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:55:00 PM
this topic is booked for power point presentation. watch-out for more...i will be back in action
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Maleka Evelyn, at Thursday, March 30, 2006 1:04:00 PM
Guys i think there is a serious reason beyond their extinct because i don't believe it was only starvation that killed them.
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Dianah Nangammbi, at Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:22:00 AM
They survive because they do not resrict themselves to any kind of nutrition.The kind of nutrition is either may be herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. therefore, this means that they eat everything.
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linette, at Wednesday, May 31, 2006 4:12:00 PM
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