Neanderthal

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For Neanderthals and other related species in popular culture, see Caveman.

Neanderthal Temporal range: Middle to Late Pleistocene 0.43–0.04  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
An approximate reconstruction of a Neanderthal skeleton. The central rib-cage (including the sternum) and parts of the pelvis are from modern humans.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Hominidae
Subfamily:	Homininae
Tribe:	Hominini
Genus:	Homo
Species:	†H. neanderthalensis
Binomial name
†Homo neanderthalensis King, 1864
Synonyms [1]
Homo H. stupidus Haeckel, 1895 [2] H. europaeus primigenius Wilser, 1898 H. primigenius Schwalbe, 1906 [3] H. antiquus Adloff, 1908 H. transprimigenius mousteriensis Farrer, 1908 H. mousteriensis hauseri Klaatsch 1909 [4] [5] H. priscus Krause, 1909 H. chapellensis von Buttel-Reepen, 1911 H. calpicus Keith, 1911 H. acheulensis moustieri Wiegers, 1915 H. lemousteriensis Wiegers, 1915 H. naulettensis Baudouin, 1916 H. sapiens neanderthalensis Kleinshmidt, 1922 H. heringsdorfensis Werthe, 1928 H. galilensis Joleaud, 1931 H. primigenius galilaeensis Sklerj, 1937 H. kiikobiensis Bontsch-Osmolovskii, 1940 H. sapiens krapinensis Campbell, 1962 H. erectus mapaensis Kurth, 1965 Palaeoanthropus P. neanderthalensis McCown and Keith, 1939 [6] P. heidelbergensis McCown and Keith, 1939 [6] P. ehringsdorfensis Paterson, 1940 [6] P. krapinensis Sergi, 1911 [6] P. palestinensis McCown and Keith, 1939 [6] P. europaeus Sergi, 1910 Protanthropus P. atavus Haeckel, 1895 P. tabunensis Bonarelli, 1944 Acanthropus A. neanderthalensis Arldt, 1915 A. primigenius Abel, 1920 A. neanderthalensis Dawkins, 1926

Neanderthals ( /niˈændərˌtɑːl,neɪ-,-ˌθɑːl/ nee-AN-də(r)-TAHL, nay-, -⁠THAHL; ^[7] Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens neanderthalensis) are an extinct group of archaic humans which inhabited Europe and Western Asia during the Late Pleistocene. Neanderthal extinction occurred roughly 40,000 years ago with the immigration of modern humans (Cro-Magnons), but Neanderthals in Gibraltar may have persisted for thousands of years longer.

The first recognised Neanderthal fossil, Neanderthal 1, was discovered in 1856 in the Neander Valley, Germany. At first, Neanderthal 1 was considered to be one of the lower races in accord with historical race concepts. As more fossils were discovered through the early 20th century, Neanderthals became characterised most especially by Marcellin Boule as a unique species of underdeveloped human. By the mid-20th century, human evolution was described as progressing from an apelike ancestor, through a "Neanderthal phase", ending in modern humans. This gave way to the "Out of Africa" theory in the 1970s. With the sequencing of Neanderthal genetics first in 2010, it was discovered that Neanderthals interbred with modern humans.

Neanderthal anatomy is characterised by namely a long and low skull, a heavy and rounded brow ridge (supraorbital torus), an occipital bun at the back of the skull, strong teeth and jaws, a wide chest, and short limbs. These traits gradually became more frequent through the Middle Pleistocene of Europe, possibly due to natural selection in a cold climate, as well as genetic drift when populations collapsed during glacial periods. Neanderthals would have also been effective sprinters. Average male dimensions may have been 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) and 75 kg (165 lb). While Neanderthal brain volume averaged higher than any living population — 1,640 cc (100 cu in) for males and 1,460 cc (89 cu in) for females — their brain organisation differed from modern humans in areas related to cognition and language, which could explain the comparative simplicity of Neanderthal behaviour compared to Cro-Magnons in the archaeological record.

Neanderthals maintained a low population and suffered inbreeding depression, which may have impeded their ability to progress technologically. They produced Mousterian stone tools (a Middle Palaeolithic industry), maintained and maybe created fire, and possibly wore blankets and ponchos. They predominantly ate whatever was abundant close to home, usually big game as well as plants and mushrooms. Neanderthals were frequently victims of major physical traumas and animal attacks. Examples of Palaeolithic art have been inconclusively attributed to Neanderthals, namely possible ornaments made from bird claws and feathers; collections of unusual objects including crystals and fossils; and engravings. Neanderthals uncommonly buried their dead, but this is not indicative of a religious belief of an afterlife.

Taxonomy

See also: Human taxonomy

Etymology

The site of Kleine Feldhofer Grotte where Neanderthal 1 was discovered

Neanderthals are named after the Neander Valley in which the first identified specimen was found. The valley was spelled Neanderthal and the species was spelled Neanderthaler in German until the spelling reform of 1901. ^[b] The spelling Neandertal for the species is occasionally seen in English, even in scientific publications, but the scientific name, H. neanderthalensis, is always spelled with th according to the principle of priority. The vernacular name of the species in German is always Neandertaler ("inhabitant of the Neander Valley"), whereas Neandertal always refers to the valley. ^{[c] [9]} The valley itself was named after the late 17th century German theologian and hymn writer Joachim Neander, who often visited the area. ^[8] His grandfather, a musician, had changed the family name from the original German Neumann ("new man") to the Graeco-Roman form Neander, following the fashion of the time. ^[10]

Neanderthal can be pronounced using the /t/ (as in /niˈændərtɑːl/ ) ^[11] or the standard English pronunciation of th with the fricative /θ/ (as /niˈændərθɔːl/ ). ^{[12] [13]} The latter pronunciation, nevertheless, has no basis in the original German word which is pronounced always with a t regardless of the historical spelling. ^[14]

Neanderthal 1, the type specimen, was known as the "Neanderthal cranium" or "Neanderthal skull" in anthropological literature, and the individual reconstructed on the basis of the skull was occasionally called "the Neanderthal man". ^[15] The binomial name Homo neanderthalensis—extending the name "Neanderthal man" from the individual specimen to the entire species, and formally recognising it as distinct from humans—was first proposed by Irish geologist William King in a paper read to the 33rd British Science Association in 1863. ^{[16] [17] [18]} However, in 1864, he recommended that Neanderthals and modern humans be classified in different genera as he compared the Neanderthal braincase to that of a chimpanzee and argued that they were "incapable of moral and [ theistic ^[d] ] conceptions". ^[19]

Discovery

Skullcap of Neanderthal 1, the type specimen, at the Musée de l'Homme, Paris

A number of Neanderthal fossils had been discovered before their antiquity was fully understood. The first Neanderthal remains—Engis 2 (a skull)—were discovered in 1829 by Dutch/Belgian prehistorian Philippe-Charles Schmerling in the Grottes d'Engis, Belgium. He concluded that these "poorly developed" human remains must have been buried at the same time and by the same causes as the co-existing remains of extinct animal species. ^[20] In 1848, Gibraltar 1 from Forbes' Quarry was presented to the Gibraltar Scientific Society by their Secretary Lieutenant Edmund Henry Réné Flint, but was thought to be a modern human skull. ^[21]

In 1856, local schoolteacher Johann Carl Fuhlrott recognised bones from Kleine Feldhofer Grotte in Neander Valley—Neanderthal 1—as distinct from modern humans, ^[e] and gave them to German anthropologist Hermann Schaaffhausen to study in 1857. It comprised the cranium, thigh bones, right arm, left humerus and ulna, left ilium (hip bone), part of the right shoulder blade, and pieces of the ribs. ^{[19] [22]}

Research history

William K. Gregory's The Family Tree of Man exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, 1924
1) Notharctus
2) Propliopithecus
3) Dryopithecus
4) Java Man
5) Piltdown Man
6) Heidelberg Man
7) Neanderthal Man
8) Cro-Magnon Man
9) Australian Black-fellow (pejorative term for Aboriginal Australians)
10) Hottentot (pejorative term for South African pastoralists)
11) Chinese
12) American Caucasian

Following Charles Darwin's 1859 On the Origin of Species , Fuhlrott and Schaaffhausen argued that Neanderthal 1 represents a primitive lower human form, aligning more closely with non-human apes as well as Negroids, Eskimos, and Aboriginal Australians (which were variably classified as separate species or subspecies of human at the time). ^{[23] [19] [24] [25]} The uniqueness of Neanderthal Man met opposition namely from the pathologist Rudolf Virchow, who argued against defining new species based on only a single find. In 1872, Virchow erroneously interpreted Neanderthal characteristics as evidence of senility, disease, and malformation instead of archaicness, ^[26] which stalled Neanderthal research until the end of the century. ^{[23] [24]}

By the early 20th century, numerous other Neanderthal discoveries were made, establishing H. neanderthalensis as a legitimate species. At first, many palaeontologists considered Neanderthals to be an intermediary phase between modern humans and more apelike ancestors, as suggested by German anatomist Gustav Albert Schwalbe. This hypothesis was notably opposed by French palaeontologist Marcellin Boule, who authored several publications starting in 1908 describing the French Neanderthal specimen La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 ("The Old Man") as a slouching, ape-like creature distantly related to modern man. Boule's ideas would define discussions of Neanderthals for some time. ^{[23] [27] [28] [29] [30]}

Boule suggested two different lineages existed in Ice Age Europe: a more evolved one descending from the British Piltdown Man (a hoax) to the French Grimaldi Man (a Cro-Magnon) which would culminate with modern Europeans; and a less evolved dead-end lineage leading from the German Heidelberg Man to Neanderthal Man. As the focus of human origins shifted from Europe to East Asia ("Out of Asia" hypothesis) by the 1930s and 40s with discoveries such as Java Man and Peking Man (as well as the marginalisation of Piltdown Man), the question of a "Neanderthal phase" in human evolution once again became a topic of discussion. Several specimens around the Old World were classified as "progressive" Neanderthals which would eventually evolve into some local subspecies of H. sapiens (polycentricism), or in Europe into either the modern European subspecies or the "classic" Neanderthals. ^[31]

In the 1970s, with the formulation of cladistics and the consequent refinement of the anatomical definitions of species, this "global morphological pattern" fell apart. The "Neanderthaloids" of Africa and East Asia were reclassified as distant relatives to H. neanderthalensis. ^[32] At around the same time, the "Out of Asia" hypothesis was overturned by the "Out of Africa" hypothesis, which posited that all modern humans share a fully modern common ancestor (monogenism). There were two main schools of thought: modern humans competitively replaced all other archaic humans ("Replacement"), or extensively interbred with them while dispersing throughout the world ("Regional Continuity"). ^[33] In 2010, the first mapping of the Neanderthal genome demonstrated that there was at least some interbreeding between archaic and modern humans. ^[34] Subsequent genetic studies continue to raise questions on how Neanderthals should be classified relative to modern humans. ^[35]

Classification

Neanderthals can be classified as a unique species as H. neanderthalensis, though some authors argue expanding the definition of H. sapiens to include other ancient humans, with combinations such as H. sapiens neanderthalensis (splitters and lumpers). The latter opinion has generally been justified using genetic data, as well as inferences on the complexity of Neanderthal behaviour based on the archaeological record. While there seems to have been some genetic contact between these two groups, there are potential indicators of hybrid incompatibility. The crux of the issue lies in the vagueness of the term "species" (the species problem). ^{[35] [36] [37]}

Among identified archaic humans, Neanderthals are most closely related to Denisovans based on nuclear DNA (nDNA) analyses. Denisovans are an enigmatic group of Late Pleistocene humans only recognisable by a genetic signature. ^[38]

A 2021 phylogeny of some Middle Pleistocene and Neanderthal fossils using tip dating: ^[39]

Homo	H. habilis H. erectus Tighennif Saldanha Petralona Kabwe 1 Ceprano Bodo Mauer 1 Arago Narmada Maba Ndutu Neanderthal clade Sima de los Huesos Saccopastore Tabun Gibraltar 1 Spy Neanderthal 1 Amud 1 Saint-Césaire Shanidar La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 La Ferrassie 1 H. sapiens

Evolution

A "pre-Neanderthal" skull ("Miguelón") from Sima de los Huesos, Spain

Typical Neanderthal skull traits appear in the European fossil record near the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene, in specimens usually classified as H. heidelbergensis . These "pre-Neanderthals" seem to have gradually accreted these traits ("Neanderthalization") as populations adapted to the cold environment, evolving a "hyper-arctic" physique. Circumpolar peoples (namely Inuit groups) are often used as modern Neanderthal analogues to study "hyper-arctic" adaptations. Additionally, glacial periods may have forced populations into small refugia, reducing genetic diversity, leading to the development of other typical Neanderthal traits through genetic drift or pleiotropy. ^[32] The 120,000 to 140,000-year-old Israeli Nesher Ramla remains may represent one such source population which would recolonise Europe following the Penultimate Glacial Period. ^[40]

The occurrence of typical Neanderthal traits in the Middle Pleistocene was highly variable even among individuals of the same population. ^[32] The speed of Neanderthalization may have also been impeded by gene flow between Western Europe and Africa, exemplified by anomalous specimens which lack typical Neanderthal traits, such as Ceprano Man. ^[41] The "classical Neanderthal" anatomy appears by the Last Interglacial (Eemian). ^[32]

With the sequencing of Neanderthal genetics, it was revealed that Neanderthals at least after 100,000 years ago maintained a small population with low genetic diversity, weakening natural selection and proliferating harmful mutations. It is unclear how long European populations suffered this population stress, or to what extent it influenced Neanderthalization. ^[42]

Demographics

Further information: Neanderthals in Southwest Asia, Neanderthals in Gibraltar, and List of Neanderthal sites

Range

Neanderthal skull from Tabun Cave, Israel, at the Israel Museum

The Neanderthals were the first human species to permanently occupy Europe. ^[43] While pre-Neanderthals are mostly identified around Western Europe, classic Neanderthals are recorded across Europe as well as Southwest ^[32] and Central Asia, up to the Altai Mountains in southern Siberia. Pre- and early Neanderthals seem to have continuously occupied only France, Spain, and Italy, although some appear to have moved out of this "core-area" to form temporary settlements eastward (without leaving Europe). Nonetheless, southwestern France has the highest density of sites for pre- and classic Neanderthals. ^[44]

The southernmost find was recorded at Shuqba Cave, Levant; ^[45] reports of Neanderthals from the North African Jebel Irhoud ^[46] and Haua Fteah ^[47] have been reidentified as H. sapiens. Their easternmost presence is recorded at Denisova Cave, Siberia 85°E; the southeast Chinese Maba Man, a skull, shares several physical attributes with Neanderthals, although these may be the result of convergent evolution rather than Neanderthals extending their range to the Pacific Ocean. ^[48] The northernmost bound is generally accepted to have been 55°N, with unambiguous sites known between 50–53°N, but this is difficult to assess because glacial advances destroy most human remains. ^{[49] [50]} Middle Palaeolithic artefacts have been found up to 60°N on the Russian plains, ^{[51] [52] [53]} but these are more likely attributed to modern humans. ^[54]

Map of Europe during the Würm glaciation 70–20,000 years ago

It is possible Neanderthal range expanded and contracted as the ice retreated and grew, respectively, to avoid permafrost areas, residing in certain refuge zones during glacial maxima. ^[55] Stable environments with mild mean annual temperatures may have been the most suitable Neanderthal habitats. ^[56]

Population

Like modern humans, Neanderthals probably descended from a very small population with an effective population—the number of individuals who can bear or father children—of 3,000 to 12,000 approximately. Neanderthals maintained this low population, proliferating weakly harmful genes due to the reduced effectivity of natural selection. ^{[57] [58]} Archaeological evidence suggests that the initial Cro-Magnon population was 10 times higher than Neanderthals. ^[59]

Neanderthals may have been at a demographic disadvantage due to a lower fertility rate, a higher infant mortality rate, or a combination of the two. ^{[60] [55]} In a sample of 206 Neanderthals, based on the abundance of young and mature adults in comparison to other age demographics, about 80% of them above the age of 20 died before reaching 40. This high mortality rate was probably due to their high-stress environment. ^[61] Infant mortality was estimated to have been very high for Neanderthals, about 43% in northern Eurasia. ^[62]

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Locations of Neanderthal finds in Europe and the Levant.
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Locations of Neanderthal finds in Eurasia (note, part of Spain is cut off)
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Anatomy

Main article: Neanderthal anatomy

Neanderthal skull features

The Neanderthal skull is distinguished namely by a flat and broad skullcap, rounded supraorbital torus (the brow ridges), high orbits (eye sockets), a broad nose, mid-facial prognathism (the face projects far from the base of the skull), an "en bombe" (bomb-like) skull shape when viewed from the back, and an occipital bun at the back of the skull. ^[32]

The Neanderthal braincase averages 1,640 cm³ (100 cu in) for males and 1,460 cm³ (89 cu in) for females, ^[63] which is significantly larger than the averages for all living populations. ^[64] The largest Neanderthal brain, Amud 1, was calculated to be 1,736 cm³ (105.9 cu in), one of the largest ever recorded in humans. ^[65] Neanderthal brain organisation differs in areas related to cognition and language, which may be implicated in the comparative simplicity of Neanderthal behaviour compared to Cro-Magnons in the archaeological record. ^{[66] [67] [68]}

The cheek bones are strong, the incisors are large and shovel-shaped, the molars have a swollen tooth pulp (taurodontism), and there is a gap behind the molars (retromolar space). These dental traits are usually interpreted as a response to habitual heavy loading of the front teeth, either to process mechanically challenging or attritive foods, or because Neanderthals regularly used the mouth as a third hand. ^[69]

A modern human (left) and Neanderthal (right) skeleton at the American Museum of Natural History

Neanderthals were short and stocky. Average male body mass index would have been 26.9–28.2 (overweight) using a size of 164 to 168 cm (5 ft 5 in to 5 ft 6 in) and 76 kg (168 lb). ^{[70] [71]} The Neanderthal chest was deep and wide, with a proportionally expansive thoracic cavity, and possibly stronger lung performance. Neanderthals also had relatively more fast-twitch muscle fibres, ^[72] and much higher caloric demands. ^[73] The limbs are proportionally short. The body plan has traditionally been explained as a "hyper-arctic" adaptation (Allen's rule). ^{[74] [75] [76]} Stronger lungs, more fast-twitch muscle, and shorter limbs would have also boosted sprinting efficiency. ^{[72] [77]}

Skin colour seems to have ranged from dark to light. Some Neanderthals had dark or brown hair. ^{[78] [79]} If red was another possible hair colour, it does not appear to have been a common one. ^[80]

Pathology

Neanderthals suffered a high rate of traumatic injury, with an estimated 79–94% of specimens showing evidence of healed major trauma, of which 37–52% were severely injured, and 13–19% injured before reaching adulthood. ^[81] One extreme example is Shanidar 1, who shows signs of an amputation of the right arm likely due to a nonunion after breaking a bone in adolescence, osteomyelitis (a bone infection) on the left clavicle, an abnormal gait, vision problems in the left eye, and possible hearing loss ^[82] (perhaps swimmer's ear). ^[83] The high trauma rate may be ascribed to a dangerous hunting strategy, ^[61] or frequent animal attacks. ^[84]

Low population caused a low genetic diversity and probably inbreeding, which reduced the population's ability to filter out harmful mutations (inbreeding depression). It is unknown how this affected a single Neanderthal's genetic burden and, thus, if this caused a higher rate of birth defects than in modern humans. ^[85]

Culture

Main article: Neanderthal behavior

Social structure

Genetically, Neanderthals can be grouped into three distinct regions (above). Dots indicate sampled specimens.

It is difficult to infer Neanderthal group size, but indirect data generally suggests small bands of 10 to 30 individuals. ^[87] Bands likely moved between certain caves depending on the season, indicated by remains of seasonal materials, such as certain foods. They returned to the same locations generation after generation, and some sites may have been used for over 100 years. ^[88] Intergroup movement may have been predominantly female-driven, with at least some groups practicing patrilocal residency (the woman moves out of her group to live with her mate). ^[89]

Neanderthals maintained a low population across their range, which may have hindered their ability to maintain long-distance trade routes ^[90] and avoid inbreeding. ^[91] They may have regularly interacted with closely neighbouring communities within a region, but not as often beyond. ^[92] Genetic analysis indicates there were at least three distinct geographical groups: Western Europe, the Mediterranean coast, and east of the Caucasus, with some migration among these regions. ^[86]

Food

See also: Pleistocene human diet

Reconstruction of a Neanderthal man butchering a goat at the Neanderthal Museum

Neanderthals were once thought of as scavengers, but are now considered to have been apex predators. ^[93] They appear to have eaten predominantly what was abundant within their immediate surroundings. ^[94] Steppe-dwelling communities (generally outside of the Mediterranean) subsisted almost entirely on meat from large game; forest-dwelling communities also consumed large game but additionally a wide array of plants and smaller animals; and waterside communities gathered aquatic resources. ^[95] Cro-Magnons, in contrast, seem to have used more complex food extraction strategies and generally had a more diverse diet. ^[96] Neanderthals also consumed a variety of plants and mushrooms across their range. ^{[97] [98]} They possibly employed a wide range of cooking techniques, such as roasting, ^[99] smoking, ^[100] and curing. ^[101]

Neanderthals competed with several large carnivores, but also seem to have hunted them down, namely cave lions, wolves, and cave bears. ^[102] Neanderthals and other predators may have sometimes avoided competition by pursuing different prey, namely with cave hyenas ^[103] and wolves (niche differentiation). ^[104] Neanderthals, nonetheless, were frequently victims of animal attacks. ^[84]

There are multiple instances of Neanderthals practicing cannibalism, but it may have only been done in times of extreme food shortages, as in some cases in recorded human history. ^[105]

The arts

See also: Prehistoric art

Speculative reconstruction of white-tailed eagle talon jewellery from Krapina, Croatia (arrows indicate cut marks)

Neanderthals collected non-functional, uniquely-shaped objects, namely shells, fossils, and gems. It is unclear if these objects were simply picked up for their aesthetic qualities, or if some symbolic significance was applied to them. ^[106] Some shells may have been painted. ^[107] Gibraltarian palaeoanthropologists Clive and Geraldine Finlayson suggested that Neanderthals used various bird parts as artistic media, especially black feathers. ^{[108] [109]} There are several instances of nondescript engravings and scratches on flints, bones, pebbles, and stone slabs. ^[110]

Neanderthals used ochre, a clay earth pigment. While modern humans have used this for decorative or symbolic colouration, it has also been used as medicine, hide tanning agent, food preservative, and insect repellent. ^[111]

The 43,000-year-old Divje Babe flute (a cave bear femur) from Slovenia has been attributed by some researchers to Neanderthals, though its status as a Palaeolithic flute is heavily disputed. Many researchers consider it to be most likely the product of a carnivorous animal chewing the bone. ^[112]

Technology

Mousterian point

Neanderthals manufactured Middle Palaeolithic stone tools, and are associated with the Mousterian industry, specifically the Levallois technique. After developing this technology from the Acheulean industry, ^[113] there is a 150,000 year stagnation in Neanderthal stone tool innovation. Stalled technological growth may have followed from their low population, impeding complex ideas from being spread across their range or passed down generationally. ^{[55] [81]} Neanderthals normally collected raw materials from a nearby source, no more than 5 km (3.1 mi). ^[87] Some communities were also making tools from shells ^[114] and bone. ^[115] They may have hafted tips onto spears using birch bark tar. ^[116]

Many Neanderthal sites have evidence of fire, some for extended periods of time, though it is unclear whether they were capable of starting fire or simply scavenged from naturally occurring wildfires. ^{[117] [118] [119]} They may have been using fire for cooking, keeping warm, and deterring predators. ^[120] They were also capable of zoning areas for specific activities, such as for knapping, butchering, hearths, and wood storage. ^[87]

As opposed to the bone sewing-needles and stitching awls found in Cro-Magnon sites, the only known Neanderthal tools that could have been used to fashion clothes are hide scrapers. These could have been used to make items similar to blankets or ponchos. There is no direct evidence that Neanderthals could produce fitted clothes. ^{[121] [122]}

Neanderthals appear to have lived lives of frequent traumatic injury and recovery, indicating the setting of splints and dressing of major wounds. By and large, they appear to have avoided severe infections, indicating long-term treatment. The quality of medical care may have ensured their survival as a species for so long. Their knowledge of medicinal plants was comparable to that of Cro-Magnons. ^[123]

Stone tools on various Greek islands could indicate early seafaring through the Mediterranean, employing simple reed boats for one-day crossings, ^[124] but the evidence for such a big claim is limited. ^[125]

Language

See also: Origin of language and Origin of speech

It is unclear if Neanderthals had the capacity for complex language, but some researchers have argued that Neanderthals required complex communications to discuss locations, hunting and gathering, and tool-making techniques in order to survive in their harsh environment. ^{[126] [127] [128]} In experiments with modern humans, the Levallois technique can be taught with purely observational learning without spoken instruction. ^[129]

Anatomically, the Neanderthal hyoid bone (which supports the tongue) is almost identical to that in modern humans, but this does not provide insight of the entire vocal tract. ^[130] Neanderthals had the FOXP2 gene, which is associated with speech and language development, but not the modern human variant. ^[131]

Burials and religion

See also: Paleolithic religion and History of religion

Engraved flint from a Neanderthal grave at Kiik-Koba, Crimea

Neanderthals, probably uncommonly, buried their dead. This may explain the abundance of fossil remains. ^[94] The behaviour is not indicative of a religious belief of life after death because it could also have had non-symbolic motivations. ^{[132] [133]} The dead were buried in simple, shallow graves and pits, ^[133] but special care seems to have been given to child graves. The graves of children and infants, especially, are associated with grave goods such as artefacts and bones. ^[134] Some sites with multiple well-preserved Neanderthal skeletons may represent cemeteries. ^[133]

One grave in Shanidar Cave, Iraq, was associated with the pollen of several flowers that may have been in bloom at the time of deposition—yarrow, centaury, ragwort, grape hyacinth, joint pine and hollyhock. ^[135] The medicinal properties of the plants led American archaeologist Ralph Solecki to claim that the man buried was some leader, healer, or shaman, and that "the association of flowers with Neanderthals adds a whole new dimension to our knowledge of his humanness, indicating that he had 'soul'". ^[136] It is also possible the pollen was deposited by a small rodent after the man's death. ^[137]

Neanderthals were once thought to have ritually killed and eaten cave bears or other Neanderthals, but the evidence is circumstantial. ^[132] The Finlayson's speculate that Neanderthals viewed the golden eagle as a symbol of power. ^[109]

Interbreeding

Main articles: Interbreeding between archaic and modern humans and Neanderthal genetics

Reconstruction of Oase 2 with around 7.3% Neanderthal DNA (from an ancestor 4–6 generations back)

Hybridisation between Neanderthals and early modern humans had been suggested early on, ^[139] such as by English anthropologist Thomas Huxley in 1890, ^[140] Danish ethnographer Hans Peder Steensby in 1907, ^[141] and Coon in 1962. ^[142] In the early 2000s, supposed hybrid specimens were discovered: Lagar Velho 1 ^{[143] [144] [145] [146]} and Muierii 1. ^[147] Similar anatomy could also have been caused by adapting to a similar environment rather than interbreeding. ^[148]

The first Neanderthal genome sequence was published in 2010, and strongly indicated interbreeding between Neanderthals and early modern humans. ^[34] Neanderthal-derived genes descend from at least 2 interbreeding episodes outside of Africa: one about 250,000 years ago, and another 40,000 to 54,000 years. Interbreeding also occurred in other populations which are not ancestral to any living person. ^[149] An individual whose ancestry lies beyond sub-Saharan Africa may carry about 2% of Neanderthal DNA. Sub-Saharan Africans can carry Neanderthal DNA, presumably descending from modern human migration between Eurasia and Africa. ^[150] In all, approximately 20% of the Neanderthal genome appears to have survived in the modern human gene pool. ^[151] This Neanderthal DNA may descend primarily from the children of female modern humans and male Neanderthals. ^{[152] [153]}

Due to their low population and proliferation of deleterious mutations, many Neanderthal genes were probably selected out of the modern human gene pool (negative selection). Similarly, a large portion of surviving introgression appears to be non-coding ("junk") DNA with few biological functions. ^[148] Some Neanderthal-derived genes, nonetheless, may have functional (though not necessarily positive) implications related to metabolism, brain function, and skeletal and muscular development. ^{[34] [154]} Some genes may have helped immigrating modern humans populations acclimatise faster, such as genes related to immune response. ^[155]

Neanderthals in the Siberian Altai Mountains interbred with the local Denisovan population, and it may have been a common occurrence here. ^[156] About 17% of the genome of one Altai Denisovan specimen derived from Neanderthals. ^[157]

Extinction

Main article: Neanderthal extinction

The Ebro River possibly stalled modern human expansion into Iberia.

The extinction of Neanderthals was part of the broader Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinction event. ^[159] Neanderthals were replaced by modern humans, indicated by the near-complete replacement of Middle Palaeolithic Mousterian stone technology with modern human Upper Palaeolithic Aurignacian stone technology across Europe (the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic Transition) from 41,000 to 39,000 years ago. ^{[160] [161] [162] [163]} Iberian Neanderthals possibly persisted until about 35,000 years ago, modern human expansion perhaps impeded by the Ebro River. ^{[158] [164]} Neanderthals in Gibraltar may have survived as late as 28,000 years ago at Gorham's Cave. ^[165] The dating of these late Iberian sites is contested. ^{[162] [166]}

Historically, the cause of extinction of Neanderthals and other archaic humans was viewed under an imperialistic guise, with the superior invading modern humans exterminating and replacing the inferior species. ^[23]

When sapiens began to expand and spread, he eliminated the other contemporary races [including Neanderthals] just as the white man drove out the Australian aborigines and the North American Indians.

—  Ernst Mayr, 1950 ^[167]

The assimilation of Neanderthal populations into modern human populations had long been hypothesised with supposed hybrid specimens, and was revitalised with the discovery of archaic human DNA in modern humans. ^[168] Similarly, the Châtelperronian industry of central France and northern Spain may represent a culture of Neanderthals adopting modern human techniques, via acculturation. ^{[169] [170]} Other ambiguous transitional cultures include the Italian Uluzzian industry, ^[171] and the Balkan Szeletian industry. ^[172]

Aside from competition with modern humans, Neanderthal extinction has also been ascribed to their low population as well as the resulting mutational meltdown, making them less adaptable to major environmental changes (specifically Heinrich event 4) or new diseases. ^[173]

In popular culture

Main article: Neanderthals in popular culture

Cavemen in The Black Terror #16 (1946)

Neanderthals have been portrayed in popular culture including appearances in literature, visual media and comedy. The "caveman" archetype often mocks Neanderthals and depicts them as primitive, hunchbacked, knuckle-dragging, club-wielding, grunting, nonsocial characters driven solely by animal instinct. "Neanderthal" can also be used as an insult. ^[174]

In literature, they are sometimes depicted as brutish or monstrous, such as in H. G. Wells' The Grisly Folk and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas' The Animal Wife, but sometimes with a civilised but unfamiliar culture, as in William Golding's The Inheritors, Björn Kurtén's Dance of the Tiger , and Jean M. Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear and her Earth's Children series. ^[23]

See also

• Denisovan  – Asian archaic human
• Early human migrations
• Cro-Magnon  – Earliest anatomically modern humans in Europe
• Homo floresiensis  – Extinct small human species found in Flores
• Homo luzonensis  – Archaic human from Luzon, Philippines
• Homo naledi  – South African archaic human species
• Timeline of human evolution

Footnotes

1. After being mined for limestone, the cave caved in and was lost by 1900. It was rediscovered in 1997 by archaeologists Ralf Schmitz and Jürgen Thissen. ^[8]
2. The German spelling Thal ("valley") was current until 1901 but has been Tal since then. (The German noun is cognate with English dale .) The German /t/ phoneme was frequently spelled th from the 15th to 19th centuries, but the spelling Tal became standardised in 1901 and the old spellings of the German names Neanderthal for the valley and Neanderthaler for the species were both changed to the spellings without h. ^[9]
3. In Mettmann, "Neander Valley", there is a local idiosyncrasy in use of the outdated spellings with th, such as with the Neanderthal Museum (but the name is in English [German would require Neandertalermuseum]), the Neanderthal station (Bahnhof Neanderthal), and some other rare occasions meant for tourists. Beyond these, city convention is to use th when referring to the species. ^[9]
4. King made a typo and said "theositic".
5. The bones were discovered by workers of Wilhelm Beckershoff and Friedrich Wilhelm Pieper. Initially, the workers threw the bones out as debris, but Beckershoff then told them to store the bones. Pieper asked Fuhlrott to come up to the cave and investigate the bones, which Beckershoff and Pieper believed belonged to a cave bear. ^[8]

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• Hunt, Chris; et al. (August 28, 2023). "Shanidar et ses fleurs? Reflections on the palynology of the Neanderthal 'Flower Burial' hypothesis". Journal of Archaeological Science. 159: 105822. Bibcode:2023JArSc.159j5822H. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2023.105822 . S2CID   261325698.

External links

• Proof that Neanderthals ate crabs is another 'nail in the coffin' for primitive cave dweller stereotypes - Phys.org February 7, 2023
• "Homo neanderthalensis". The Smithsonian Institution. February 14, 2010.
• Human Timeline (Interactive) – Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History (August 2016).
• "Neanderthal DNA". International Society of Genetic Genealogy. Archived from the original on June 17, 2006.: Includes Neanderthal mtDNA sequences
• GenBank records for H. s. neanderthalensis maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
• Alex, Bridget (February 21, 2024). "What's Behind the Evolution of Neanderthal Portraits". SAPIENS.