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Anthropology

70sEraVet

(4,323 posts) Wed Dec 2, 2020, 01:45 PM Dec 2020

An interesting short article that explains how a bone that develops in the outer ear canal of people that spend a major portion of their lives swimming and diving, provides fossilized evidence that Neanderthals may have been a semi-aquatic species.
https://www.the-scientist.com/reading-frames/did-human-evolution-include-a-semi-aquatic-phase--67306

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Neanderthal skulls reveal evidence of semi-aquatic lifestyle [View all] 70sEraVet Dec 2020 OP

Aquaman and mermen are real? I knew it. Arne Dec 2020 #1

But were they Trump voters? True Dough Dec 2020 #2

Ha ha heh... SWBTATTReg Dec 2020 #4

Ah HAH! Shoulda known! n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2020 #9

That's interesting, but grumpyduck Dec 2020 #3

Well, Neanderthal remains have been wnylib Dec 2020 #8

If anyone is a fan of the "Stuff You Should Know" podcast JDC Dec 2020 #5

interesting. pretty speculative stopdiggin Dec 2020 #6

Elaine Morgan wrote about this theory in 1972 Wicked Blue Dec 2020 #7