NEANDERTHALS VERSUS MODERN HUMANS

Do your research into our ancient ancestors and compare modern humans to Neanderthals. What, if any, were the similarities? What were the differences and the reasons for them? What is our relationship to Neanderthals?

Familiarize yourself with the issue:

·         How Neanderthal are you? Tracing our genetic ancestry | Natural History Museum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl-hI2IsCo0

Reading material to make notes on

·      Who Would Win in a Fight: a Modern Human or a Neanderthal?

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/explainer/2012/10/neanderthal_vs_homo_sapiens_who_would_win_in_a_fight.html

·         Neanderthals: Facts About Our Extinct Human Relatives

http://www.livescience.com/28036-neanderthals-facts-about-our-extinct-human-relatives.html

·         Ancient DNA and Neanderthals http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics/ancient-dna-and-neanderthals (remember to read all 6 pages)
    How Neanderthals gave us secret powers http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/05/how-neanderthal-dna-helped-humans-survive/484934/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-060116 

Documentary to watch

·         Nova : decoding Neanderthals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTMEDQmfOLk

·         National Geographic Documentary: Neanderthal, Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56r4s0qVDYI

·         When Neanderthals and modern humans meet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8ZTp-gs-Ok
     
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