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[–] stupidcasey 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The line leading to Homo sapiens went extinct that day after trying to have peace talks with the much more aggressive neanderthal ancestors.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

I think they messed up and went for the ancestors of bonobos, that's why they're so chill.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

"neanderthal ancestors", "that day", "peace talks"

you need to read about Neanderthals.

Neanderthals never met ancestors of homo sapiens those apes in the strip seem to represent.

they're probably assimilated and not killed to extinction in a war

[–] Viking_Hippie 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Neanderthals never met ancestors of homo sapiens

That's what people USED to think. Turns out they not just met, but interbred.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

yes, according to researchers, they did meet homo sapiens and interbred

The oldest potential Neanderthal bones date to 430,000 years ago

Anatomically modern humans emerged around 300,000 years ago in Africa, evolving from Homo heidelbergensis or a similar species.

The date of divergence of Neanderthals from their ancestor H. heidelbergensis is also unclear.

my thinking was that if both homo sapiens and Neanderthals evolved from "h. heidelbergensis" than Neanderthals met h. sapiens but not their "ancestors"