One study showed Neanderthal and modern human brains were the same size at birth, but by adulthood, the Neanderthal brain was larger than the modern human brain. had large brains, as big or bigger than ours.had voice boxes that were shaped differently than ours, which could have limited their communication.existed in Europe as early as 600,000-350,000 YA (up to 400,000 years before we evolved) still a subject of debate.We know (or believe we know) that Neanderthals: And bonus points for outstanding stone hearths. Neanderthals had probably died out by 13,000 YA, but hey, the Atlanteans had to save some early human from a ritual sacrifice in Gibraltar, so the Neandies got the nod, mostly because of their earlier habitation of the region. Most of the details in the book are accurate. Hey, it turns out these Neanderthals dudes weren't so bad. Melanesians and Australian Aborigines have up to 6% Denisovan DNA.

Europeans and Asians have up to 4% Neanderthal DNA.These subspecies of humans could interbreed with our subspecies (we believe), and there's evidence that they did:.Last known area of habitation: Flores island (near Java) in Indonesia, circa 13,000 YA Last known area of habitation: cave in the Altai Mountains in Siberia, circa 41,000 YA Last known area of habitation: Gorham's Cave (at the base of the Rock of Gibraltar), circa 23-33,000 YA Us - alive, kicking, ruling the planet, and taking names (and pen names).Us (Africa small populations in Europe and Asia).50,000 YA, there were at least 4 human subspecies:.human evolution isn't a straight line - it advances in branches, some of which die out (see below).everyone outside of Africa is descended from a small tribe of humans that ventured out around 50,000 YA.Geneticists call this person Y-Chromosomal Adam (UPDATE: A new study just came out in March 2013 that pushes the date to between 237,000 and 581,000 YA with a 95% accuracy prediction jury is still out on this one). every human on the planet is directly descended from one man who lived in Africa around 60,000 YA.12% of all humans that have ever lived are alive right now.the human race (homo sapiens sapiens - our subspecies) evolved around 200,000 years ago (YA) in Africa.

To the best of my knowledge, all the facts about evolution in the book are true.

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