Neanderthals.













Neandertha
ls disappeared from the earth.

Neanderthals wer
e undoubtedly humans of cold Ice Age. They appeared of about 30,000 years ago in the earth. Body structure and behaviors of Neanderthals are little similar to modern humans. The comparison between human and Neanderthal mitochondrial DNA shows that they were different species than modern humans. They were just a sub species of modern humans and had some of the heavy features of an ape. Neanderthals had a significant difference in form and structure, especially in their skulls and teeth. They were shorter in height and smaller in size than Humans. They had thicker bones, shorter limbs, an asymmetrical humerus, barrel chest and thicker metacarpals. The brain of a Neanderthal had a raised larynx, and was also bigger than that of the modern Humans. The human child’s growth rate is slower than that of the Neanderthal child, as they used to grow rapidly from infants to adults.Presence of a hyoid bone in their throats also suggested that they could speak. They were good hunters, they expertly made stone tools and hunt animals, controlled fire as well. They lived with complex social groups in stone caves and buried their dead. With the arrival of modern humans in Europe with better brains and more sophisticated tools they started to vanish. Around 35,000 years ago temperatures started to decline and the most recent Neanderthal remains in southern seaside caves in Spain. Roughly 30,000 years ago, the Neanderthals totally disappeared.