Assignment

Over 60,000 years ago, the first modern humans left their African homeland and entered Europe, where Neanderthals had been living for hundreds of thousands of years. In 2010, a team led by geneticist Svante Paabo reconstructed much of the neanderthal genome, discovering that they had interbred with humans, leaving a small but consistent signature of Neanderthal genes behind in everyone outside Africa today.. Keep the following questions in mind while watching the video. Answer each question as fully as you can; answer freely, this is your opportunity to explore the class material; you are not graded on specific content, merely on addressing the question. Pleas upload a pdf., Word file, or answer directly in the space provided. No additional research is required.

1. How does our old picture of Neanderthals as a beetle-browed brute contrast with that depicted in the video?

2. What was the Neanderthal world like?

3. Do you see sophistication in the technology/culture of Neanderthals? Explain.

4. What are your thoughts regarding the idea that Anatomically Modern Humans and Neanderthals mated and reproduced?