Neanderthals vs Modern Humans(Evolution Project Redo) by Trinity Orcutt

trinity_orcutt — 2014-06-05 00:18:33 UTC

Height

trinity_orcutt — 2014-06-05 00:22:57 UTC

The average Neanderthal man was 5'5, which is 2 inches shorter than the average Chinese man and 4 inches shorter than the average American man.

Build

trinity_orcutt — 2014-06-05 00:25:17 UTC

Neanderthal's build was similar to ours, but they were a bit shorter and stockier. Their stature was an evolutionary adaptation because it helped them during the cold weather by consolidated heat.

Intellectual

trinity_orcutt — 2014-06-05 00:30:05 UTC

Modern day humans are most likely more intelligent than the Neanderthals were. Although, they're not completely stupid, contrary to popular belief. It's believed that they painted and decorated their bodies, and might have also played a primitive flute. Scientists have also discovered that neanderthals used tools, buried their dead, controlled fire, and probably had some other similar intelligent behaviors.

trinity_orcutt — 2014-06-05 00:34:24 UTC

Faces

trinity_orcutt — 2014-06-05 00:39:54 UTC

Neanderthals had more angled cheekbones, prominent brow ridges, and wider noses. Their wide noses helped humidify and warm cold air.

Brains

trinity_orcutt — 2014-06-05 00:53:49 UTC

Neanderthals' brains grew at about the same rate as Humans, and were about the same size, or slightly larger.

Diet

trinity_orcutt — 2014-06-05 01:00:25 UTC

Neanderthals were mostly carnivorous, but during some hard times they might have resorted to cannibalism. Scientists have recently discovered that neanderthals cooked vegetables and ate them quite often. Humans nowadays have similar eating habits, aside from the cannibalism. Most homosapiens haven't resorted to cannibalism in recent times. (I hope.)

Conclusion

trinity_orcutt — 2014-06-05 01:09:03 UTC

I chose this topic because I thought it was interesting and simple to do. Prior to doing this project, I thought neanderthals were just a bunch of stupid humans that lived a long time ago but I realized that they are far more complicated than that and they were actually pretty intelligent creatures. I also learned that Neanderthals are believed to be completely different creatures from humans. There are some theories that humans might have killed off the neanderthal population, and there are some other theories that say they might have all reproduced and eventually the Neanderthal and Human species just mixed into one giant species. I'm still wondering exactly what happened to the neanderthals, though. It's kind of a controversial topic and I'm glad I gained some insight on it from doing this project.