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Undoubtedly Neanderthals and modern men had children. They were closely enough related. The question is whether or not they had grandchildren. It is possible that Neanderthals and modern men swapped daughters. They had children. However modern men had more daughters than Neanderthals. They married modern men. Their children were fertile. The children of Neanderthals and Modern men had hybrid vigor and were highly desirable but were not fertile. As a result Neanderthals died out.
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How is Neanderthal and modern man were similar in all?
The difference between Neanderthal DNA and human DNA is less than one percent.
A Neanderthal mans brain was larger than modern man?
They were the same size.
When was The Neanderthal Man created?
The Neanderthal Man was created in 1953.
How did the neanderthal man became extinct?
Either because of climate change, or competition from Cro-Magnon man (modern humans).
What was the homo sapien neanderthal's nickname?
Wise Man or Neanderthal Man
Who is the closest relative to modern humans homo erectus or Australopithecines or Cro-Magnon or Homo habilis?
"Human beings (that's us) are known as homo sapiens sapiens. DNA testing has shown that the closest relative of human beings is Neanderthal Man (homo sapiens neanderthalus). Neanderthal Man is now extinct. The closest living of human beings now is the chimpanzee. Neanderthal Man was a much closer relative to us than the chimpanzee." =============================Mitochondrial DNA testing shows that Neanderthal WAS NOT a genetic ancestor to modern H.Sapiens - but only similar kind of species . Refer to National Geographic:http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/neanderthal-code-3228/04#tab-evolving-view-4 ============================= I hope I did not give anyone the impression that Neanderthal man was our ancestor. The relationship is more like a cousin. How close a cousin Neanderthal man was to us is a good question, but Neanderthal Man was much closer to us than is the chimpanzee.
How did the neanderthal died out?
Either because of climate change, or competition from Cro-Magnon man (modern humans).
How did neanderthal become exinct?
Either because of climate change, or competition from Cro-Magnon man (modern humans).
Are there any Neanderthals still alive?
Not in any real sense. Neanderthal man and "Modern" man, shared the earth until about 15 or 20 thousand years ago when Neanderthal man more or less died out. Theories vary as to why they did, ranging from being wiped out by modern man, to disease, starvation and so on.The Geico commercials notwithstanding, Neanderthal man is no more.Modern research, however, has found Neanderthal DNA is non-African populations.more easily understandable answer:Up to this point, scientist belive the Neanderthal population went extinct around 15,000 years ago. Some other people say Neanderthals evolved into the Europeans of today, or they could of interbread with modern humans but there is no real evidence to support those two theories. "
How similar is DNA of humans and neanderthals?
According to modern science, very similar as it has been found that the modern human that has lived among neanderthal man ie above Africa has traces of neanderthal DNA. While Africans below that area are pure humans.
What happened to neanderthal?
They died out, either because of climate change, or competition from Cro-Magnon man (modern humans).
What is another name for man?
neanderthal
