http://anthropology.net/2009/05/05/the-face-of-the-first-european/ Beyond bones & stones Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://anthropology.net/2009/05/05/the-face-of-the-first-european/#comment-21877 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:23:46 +0000 http://anthropology.net/?p=1926#comment-21877 Can you please delete my previous message it has my address and phone number thank you

]]> http://anthropology.net/2009/05/05/the-face-of-the-first-european/#comment-21876 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:21:25 +0000 http://anthropology.net/?p=1926#comment-21876 Neanderthals were not Homo sapiens

]]> http://anthropology.net/2009/05/05/the-face-of-the-first-european/#comment-18040 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:14:12 +0000 http://anthropology.net/?p=1926#comment-18040 Because BBC is so poor they cant afford to paint most of the guys face. Of course they did have enough money to paint his eyes and even do his lips and mouth in specific shades.

]]> http://anthropology.net/2009/05/05/the-face-of-the-first-european/#comment-17811 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:12:15 +0000 http://anthropology.net/?p=1926#comment-17811 Kari – the skin colour is not being depicted as any colour other than the clay with which the reconstruction was made!

]]> http://anthropology.net/2009/05/05/the-face-of-the-first-european/#comment-14471 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:52:11 +0000 http://anthropology.net/?p=1926#comment-14471 Kari,
Humans did not evolve from neandrathals. On the evolutionary chain, we are siblings with neandrathals, not the children of. Neandrathals and modern humans share a common ancestor.
Just because being in a Northern climate led Europeans to evolve light colored skin, doesn’t mean Northern climates ALWAYS cause a group to evolve light skin.

]]> http://anthropology.net/2009/05/05/the-face-of-the-first-european/#comment-13999 Sun, 24 May 2009 00:10:14 +0000 http://anthropology.net/?p=1926#comment-13999 Having blonde hair or blue eyes is a trait, not a matter of race. We know so far that there are Australian Aboriginal children that are born with blonde hair, as well as African children that are born with light colored eyes. 35K years is plenty of time for mutations to take place. I think its safe to say that its unknown what the first people looked like.

]]> http://anthropology.net/2009/05/05/the-face-of-the-first-european/#comment-13970 Thu, 14 May 2009 01:08:48 +0000 http://anthropology.net/?p=1926#comment-13970 i”m curious why artists/scientists always portray people from this time period as ‘out of Africa’. At this point in time I’m not sold that they were. For example, we never see Neanderthals portrayed as dark skinned. I think it’s interesting that eskimos have been hanging out near the Arctic circle for 13,000 years that we know of, yet we don’t see any of them with blond hair, blue eyes or big noses. My personal opinion is that modern man entered Europe much earlier than 35K years ago. I’d be curious to see if anyone has studied how many generations it would take to get a blue eyed blonde if you put a community of Africans on Greenland. I don’t think 35K years be enough time

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