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Message no. 1
From: Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM>
Subject: [OT] Neanderthal Man (was RE: Immortal Elves)
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:20:15 +1000
Rick Musci writes:
>> Oh, and yes, they WERE thicker then than they are now. (Even ourt
>> ancestors). Stonehenge and the pyramids were WELL over 50000 years in
the
>> future when the last Neanderthal man kicked the bucket.
>
> I was about to accuse you of reading too much into the
> Hitchhiker's Guide to
> the Galaxy when I realized that you meant the neanderthalls had
> evolved. At
> least that's what I assume.

Nope. All the fossil record points to is that Neanderthal Man (which was
limited mostly to Europe and Africa, IIRC) was driven extinct by the advent
on the scene of Cro-Magon Man, around the same time the last Ice Age ended.
Cro-Magon Man came from India and the Middle East mostly, and is the direct
linear ancestor of Modern Man. Neanderthal Man is not a direct linear
ancestor, more like a cousin, though it's possible that Cro-Magon Man
interbred with the Neanderthal, especially in Africa, where there's more
evidence of the two coexisting for a relatively brief time.

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Message no. 2
From: Geoff Skellams <geoff.skellams@*********.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: [OT] Neanderthal Man (was RE: Immortal Elves)
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:30:18 +1000
> Nope. All the fossil record points to is that Neanderthal Man (which
was
> limited mostly to Europe and Africa, IIRC) was driven extinct by the
advent
> on the scene of Cro-Magon Man, around the same time the last Ice Age
ended.
> Cro-Magon Man came from India and the Middle East mostly, and is the
direct
> linear ancestor of Modern Man. Neanderthal Man is not a direct linear
> ancestor, more like a cousin, though it's possible that Cro-Magon Man
> interbred with the Neanderthal, especially in Africa, where there's
more
> evidence of the two coexisting for a relatively brief time.

Oh good. I'm not the only one who thought that sounded wrong. I thought
about asking my ex-girlfriend who studied anthropology, but I didn't
think it was worth it :)

I reckon there are still some Neanderthal genes out there. There is a
guy who works where I used to work that I swear has some. I would love
to see an x-ray of his skull. I swear he has the same heavy jaw and
eyebrow ridges as a neanderthal...

To bring this more back on topic, with the rise in mana, could the
Neanderthal sub-species begin reappearing?

cheers
G

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Message no. 3
From: Chris Maxfield <cmaxfiel@****.ORG.AU>
Subject: Re: [OT] Neanderthal Man (was RE: Immortal Elves)
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 17:38:01 +1000
At 13:30 23/09/98 +1000, Geoff Skellams wrote:
>I reckon there are still some Neanderthal genes out there. There is a
>guy who works where I used to work that I swear has some. I would love
>to see an x-ray of his skull. I swear he has the same heavy jaw and
>eyebrow ridges as a neanderthal...
>
>To bring this more back on topic, with the rise in mana, could the
>Neanderthal sub-species begin reappearing?


Perhaps...dwarves? :-) Anyone else read Michael Scott Rohan's The Winter
of the World series?




Chris Maxfield
<cmaxfiel@****.org.au>
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Message no. 4
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: [OT] Neanderthal Man (was RE: Immortal Elves)
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 12:08:11 +0100
And verily, did Chris Maxfield hastily scribble thusly...
|Perhaps...dwarves? :-) Anyone else read Michael Scott Rohan's The Winter
|of the World series?

Wonderfull series. didn't much like the ending though.

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Message no. 5
From: Fixer <fixer@*******.TLH.FL.US>
Subject: Re: [OT] Neanderthal Man (was RE: Immortal Elves)
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 09:26:52 -0400
On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Geoff Skellams wrote:

<snip>
->Oh good. I'm not the only one who thought that sounded wrong. I thought
->about asking my ex-girlfriend who studied anthropology, but I didn't
->think it was worth it :)
->
->I reckon there are still some Neanderthal genes out there. There is a
->guy who works where I used to work that I swear has some. I would love
->to see an x-ray of his skull. I swear he has the same heavy jaw and
->eyebrow ridges as a neanderthal...
->
->To bring this more back on topic, with the rise in mana, could the
->Neanderthal sub-species begin reappearing?

I thought they had (kind of)... Munchkins (as in the critter, not
the player.... well.... maybe the player too.....) ]:-)

Fixer --------------} The easy I do before breakfast,
the difficult I do all day long,
the impossible only during the week,
and miracles performed on an as-needed basis....

Now tell me, what was your problem?
Message no. 6
From: Michael Coleman <mscoleman@********.NET>
Subject: Re: [OT] Neanderthal Man (was RE: Immortal Elves)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 01:59:37 -0500
>
> And verily, did Chris Maxfield hastily scribble thusly...
> |Perhaps...dwarves? :-) Anyone else read Michael Scott Rohan's The Winter
> |of the World series?
>
> Wonderfull series. didn't much like the ending though.
>
> --Spike

Yes the last book was not the best of the series. But it was a very
interesting story. The stuff on the dwarves and the metalworking magic was
very good. So was the stuff on the Powers (think that was what they were
called).

Mike
Message no. 7
From: Chris Maxfield <cmaxfiel@****.ORG.AU>
Subject: Re: [OT] Neanderthal Man (was RE: Immortal Elves)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 17:56:37 +1000
At 01:59 24/09/98 -0500, Michael Coleman wrote:
>>
>> And verily, did Chris Maxfield hastily scribble thusly...
>> |Perhaps...dwarves? :-) Anyone else read Michael Scott Rohan's The Winter
>> |of the World series?
>>
>> Wonderfull series. didn't much like the ending though.
>>
>> --Spike
>
>Yes the last book was not the best of the series. But it was a very
>interesting story. The stuff on the dwarves and the metalworking magic was
>very good. So was the stuff on the Powers (think that was what they were
>called).
>

Yep. Wonderful books. Which is why I went out and grabbed The Gates of Noon
and the rest of his Spiral trilogy. Brilliant stuff to provide inspiration
for some pretty funky astral quests.




Chris Maxfield
<cmaxfiel@****.org.au>
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