tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post4455931689393382625..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Neandertals and modern humans may not have met in the southern CaucasusDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-39342845425515464452012-10-23T06:10:46.197+03:002012-10-23T06:10:46.197+03:00"these results indicate that AMH arrived in t..."these results indicate that AMH arrived in the Caucasus a few millennia after the Neanderthal demise and that the two species probably did not interact". <br /><br />The assumption seems to be that both the last Neanderthal presence and the first modern human presence have been discovered. Surely that is an extremely unlikely assumption to adopt. terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-71143257780092933402012-10-22T21:40:50.743+03:002012-10-22T21:40:50.743+03:00I am deeply skeptical of a Neanderthal extinction ...I am deeply skeptical of a Neanderthal extinction followed by AMH expansion into vacant territory theory. A scenario where the arrival of AMHs causes a weakened local Neanderthal population to retreat or go extinct is far more plausible given the near universal close coincidence of AMH arrival and Neanderthal disappearance locally.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-19511153571246730082012-10-22T07:05:35.617+03:002012-10-22T07:05:35.617+03:00The authors still pose that there may have been a ...The authors still pose that there may have been a ~5,000 year overlap between AMHs and Neanderthals overall - but it looks like in most regions, Neanderthals <i>locally</i> disappeared when AMHs arrived (while the latter strongly grew in numbers). <br /><br />I am not surprised that there is little evidence for regional co-habitation. If Neanderthals left, died from diseases, intermixed, or simply were outnumbered, this would have taken place in a manner of at most a couple of hundred years (regionally), and would have left few traces in the record.<br /><br />AMHs were highly mobile and used tents and other structures - they might have only re-discovered many of the caves after a long time, which would explain the hiatus in occupation.eurologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440019181278830033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-146197376428401752012-10-20T14:26:05.208+03:002012-10-20T14:26:05.208+03:00Ortvale Klde ("Two Eyes Cave") is a shal...Ortvale Klde ("Two Eyes Cave") is a shallow cave located in the footslopes of the Caucasus Mountains of the republic of Georgia. It was occupied by hominins-Neanderthals and Modern humans-between about 50,000 and 21,000 years ago, during the so-called Middle Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic periods. Hominin remains are rarely found in Georgia, and as a result their sites are identified by the set of stone tools they used-called lithic assemblages by archaeologists. Neanderthals had a fairly limited stone tool assemblage with tools used for many different purposes. Early Modern humans made a wider variety of stone tools, some made for specific purposes as well as tools of bone and antler. At Ortvale Klde the Neanderthal tool kit included elongated blades and scrapers for general use.<br />http://archaeology.about.com/od/earlymansites/a/ortvale_klde.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com