Week 17: Becoming Human, part III.
1) For this discussion, please go to the following link to watch the third part of "Becoming Human: Last Human Standing". Here is a captioned version of this documentary from Kanopy in our library. You may be prompted to login, but let me know if it is blocked by your browser. Here is the link just in case:
https://scclosrios.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://...Links to an external site.
2) For an update on some recent findings about Neanderthals and Denisovans, check out PBS Eons:
3) Post a thought-provoking question about what you have seen by Wednesday night, May 14th at 11:59pm.
4) Return to respond to at least two posts by Sunday, May 18th at 11:59pm.
5) Be sure to take the Week 17 Discussion Quiz by Sunday, May 18th at 11:59pm.
ReplyNathan Mostert
May 15 12:16pmManage Discussion by Nathan MostertReply from Nathan Mostert
Human evolution is a crazy thing to think about. It is also wild how Neanderthals, who were around for hundreds of thousands of years were pushed to extinction by homo sapiens. It's even more confusing how there are signs of interbreeding between them but that it seems homo sapiens out competed Neanderthals for resources. Also, how Neanderthals were larger and had larger brains, but were still the species that ended up going extinct, is weird to think about. Based on the evidence of interbreeding does it seem possible that homo sapiens and Neanderthals would have worked together at some point, helping each other or even living together?
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Amir Alnajjar
May 14 11:59pm| Last edited May 15 12:28amManage Discussion by Amir AlnajjarReply from Amir Alnajjar
This part of the series was really cool , I really feel bad for how homo sapiens pushed Neanderthals to vanish and die , and leave us only there fossils behind , they for sure tried hard to survive with us around and the enviromental pressures in europe at that time , that must have been very hard , which ended up causing there extinction , I really like the fact that they where real fighters , and they had to hunt big game animals to survive , and all there nutrition relied on meat , which describes how strong and big they are , especially there big brains which they where even bigger than ours , I was really interested to know how the first meetings between Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals went , which is a really hard question , but I do not really think they really tried to fight each other , because there was evidence of interbreading in the DNA record , this is really interesting to think about and very hard to figure it out at the same time . Do you have any ideas about how Neandrethals would have interacted with humans if they where still