Re: GEICO 'Caveman'

On Aug 29, 2:36 pm, Walter Bushell <pr...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1188415024.345271.47...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,



jcon <cirej...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 29, 1:18 pm, Walter Bushell <pr...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1188406844.817738.179...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,

jcon <cirej...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 29, 10:35 am, Arkalen <skiz...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
jcon wrote:
On Aug 29, 8:47 am, UC <uraniumcommit...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 29, 9:29 am, jcon <cirej...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Aug 28, 4:11 pm, UC <uraniumcommit...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What type is the 'caveman' supposed to be? Neanderthal?
They're the stereotype "cavemen" that mostly derive from 50's and
60's
sci-fi movies (in which
they generally fought dinosaurs). These were arguably *loosely*
based on Neanderthals.
CaveWOMEN, on the other hand, generally wore make-up and fur
bikinis,
and tended to
look like
this:http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00018D3ZA.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
-jc
Hubba hubba!!!

It does bring up some interesting misconceptions. Popular culture
perpetuates
the myth that significant human evolution took place outside of
Africa, whereas
modern evidence supports that there are only minute genetic
differences
between us and our ancestors who migrated out of Africa some 60,000
years ago.

Our ancestral "cave men" in Europe were Cro Magnon, who were on
average
a little beefier than modern man, but probably looked more like
bikers
than the Geico dudes. Other cave men *were* Neanderthals, but genetic
evidence shows they split from our branch about half a million years
ago - still
in Africa. They were probably killed by our ancestors.

-jc

Were the Cro-Magnon beefier ?

I'm not an expert, but Cro-Magnon remains are normally described
as "more robust" than modern Europeans *on average*, but
still well within modern variation.

From what I understood they were Homo
sapiens like us...

Genetically, they are indistinguishable from modern humans.

Maybe you mean they got more exercise ? (I'm having trouble with the
spelling of that word, so sorry if I got it wrong)

I suspect their harsh lifestyle genetically selected larger,
stronger individuals. After all, the weaker ones didn't
have the option of founding software companies :)

In any event, after a bath and a shave, a Cro Magnon man
would easily blend in with modern humans, although
he might be hard to place, racially speaking.

-jc

Would they be interfertile with today's humans?

No, they're Homo Sapiens just like us.

Not only is that reply contradictory,

Sorry, I read "interfertile" as "infertile".

over time members of the same
species from different times may not be interfertile.

Then they would, by definition, be different species.

-jc

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