Neanderthals Walked Into Frozen Britain 40,000 Years Earlier

**allison1597** · 07-07-2010, 12:10 AM

...Than First Thought, Evidence Shows

(JUNE 1, 2010) — A University of Southampton archaeologist and Oxford Archaeology have found evidence that Neanderthals were living in Britain at the start of the last ice age, 40,000 years earlier than previously thought. (…)

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**bart5050** · 07-07-2010, 01:19 AM

Originally Posted by allison1597

...Than First Thought, Evidence Shows

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For me this establishes a commonality between the two races of Neanderthal and Modern Humans.

Both had a common trait of exploration and expansion into new territory.
Illustrating how we are more alike than we are different.

If we met a well dressed and well groomed Neanderthal at a party, we might not even realize they are not the same race.
There is a great deal of diversity in humans.
We might just accept them as representing a form of human diversity.

**allison1597** · 07-07-2010, 01:27 AM

Agreed. Genetically, the difference between Homo sapiens and H. Neanderthalensis are less than the ones observed between two subspecies of chimpanzees.