Extinction Of Neanderthals

Improved Essays
Invaders are no others, but the humans as claimed by Pat Shipman (2015). Humans are the only species who has played a big role in the extinction of other species living around it. It has built and destroyed habitats and put the threat of extinction to others.
Humans, according to me, is one species which can build and destroy the habitats it's living around. Humans have a much bigger brain than most of the other species making them the smarter than others. Humans use their brain to build houses such as with stones, wood, and now metal. As we the humans build structures around us we invade the habitats of other species living among us. For example, the idea of humans digging oil out of the ocean has put the marine life in danger. More than
…show more content…
The early age also is known as Neanderthals shared their living habitats with animals as monstrous as anything the world has seen since the dinosaurs. Those animals would be something like massive cave bears, long/sharp-toothed Tigers, lions larger than any in Africa today, cave hyenas, huge wooly mammoths, wooly rhinoceroi, wolves, leopards, packs of dholes (Donoghue). As the development of modern day humans came those animals came to an extinction because of the hunting. And later new humans came to have the extinction of the Neanderthals.
When their bones were analyzed they were found to be very different from ours. They had a different type of skull and other differences anatomically. But they did drive the same characteristics just like today's humans. In our cultures folk tales, they are portrayed like the members of the heavy-metal band with fur-clad, shaggy-haired, ape-like. But they are in most ways just like us. They used fire and made tools, loved eating animal meat, and lived in social groups (Worrall). They were different from us as of their appearance but they had the same human characteristics just like
…show more content…
Both Shipman and Shook agree on the idea of animals playing the part in the extinction of other species. As the threat to human species came down from the animals we decided to keep them, animals, as our pets. Now we have a relationship of cuddling and playing with the animals but before the humans and animals would go on hunting together. Spending most of their time with each other throughout the life threatening times. Now animals are seen as cute and fearless, going back in the time, they were treated as furious animals that were ready to take out the thing bugging

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Although Humans and Neanderthals are very close relatives both have many factors which differentiate the two species one another.…

    • 828 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Humanity is blessed to have evolved on earth. Biodiversity and beauty can be seen almost anywhere, but it has been decreasing quite rapidly in short period of time. Reading The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert is a must to understand how significant humanity’s impact is on our world. The decision to destroy or to save it rests in our hands. Most of this responsibility falls on you, Director Pruitt; you have the resources and power to uphold the ethical treatment of our lands and animals.…

    • 1238 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Lone Survivors Summary

    • 1487 Words
    • 6 Pages

    In a book titled “Lone Survivors” by Chris Stringer, Stringer presents to us his interpretations of the origin of modern humans. Previously, there were two fossils including a tooth and a finger of a female and male, found in the Denisova cave of Siberia which revealed a species that was perhaps indirectly related to both the Neanderthals as well as Homo Sapiens. In addition, they have unique features that are enough to separate them to their own distinct species. These fossils convinced Stringer that perhaps modern humans today are not a pure species but rather a mixture of other hominid groups. Neanderthal genes may still be in us.…

    • 1487 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Selfishness In Ishmael

    • 1781 Words
    • 8 Pages

    The human species has become an enemy to all other…

    • 1781 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    They all peacefully traded, supported and worked together. If you were a man, you didn't have to be a warrior. Some men were hunters or storytellers. The woman were in charge of the kids and home tasks. They all lived in cabins and tepees made from large poles and painted skins which go around the poles.…

    • 654 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Most couple were heterosexual and only had one child, and the degree of sexual dimorphism was high, females had longer hair, made up faces, and mammary glands, whereas the males had shorter hair, plain faces, but wore brighter colors. Their limbs seemed to be of equal length, but their thighs looked noticeably stronger than their forearms. The homo sapiens had no harsh brow bones, and front facing eyes. They were walking (bipedally). I saw other humans, taking notes on the other primates, and small children screaming, or crying, what I thought was strange was how the parents of the offspring ignored many of the cries of their children.…

    • 830 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    They learned new languages, were given new names, ate different food, and made new…

    • 1582 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Firstly, they differed in physical traits than what we…

    • 910 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I'm going to talk about the geologic evidence of the permian triassic extinction. This is a volcanic scenario. There are different geologic reasons for the permian triassic i'm going to tell you about them . During this period there has been documented changes in the air. The atmosphere went evey high which means high levels oxygen was about 30%.…

    • 564 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Hominin Species Essay

    • 983 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Evolutionary Relationships of Hominin Species In the study of human evolution, the timeframe that a specific species appeared and lived is a very important aspect to better understand how modern-day humans developed. The oldest of the species in the chart above is Australopithecus afarensis. Australopithecus afarensis appeared roughly 3.85 - 2.95 million years ago; while it more closely resembled an ape, the evolutionary development into modern humans was beginning. Australopithecus afarensis had more humanlike teeth, the canines were smaller than those found in modern apes and the jaw shape was somewhere between the rectangular shape found in apes and the parabolic shape found in humans.…

    • 983 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    There have been multiple species that have roamed the very Earth we roam today. Two of which are the Neanderthal species, that has gone extinct, and the Homo sapiens species, which happens to be a species that is still present in this day and age. The Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens species are two species that can both be very distinct, but can also be very similar when it comes time to compare and contrast the two. Not only are there obvious physical differences/similarities among both, but there are also mental. You’d be surprise to see how much our species is so closely alike to an alternate one.…

    • 1174 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In answer to the question, “What is the single greatest threat to the survival of the human race?” , I would have to say… OURSELVES!!! Dramatic don't you think? We are all poisoning ourselves. But I’m not just the adults who drink alcohol.…

    • 218 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    One of the emerging values recognized by human beings is the concern for our environments and the living creatures that we share them with, but what would happen if human beings stopped caring for their planet and completely disregarded any other living creature outside of the human race? Expert biologist, Jeff Corwin, discusses this idea in his article “The Sixth Extinction,” published by the Los Angeles Times. He argues in his article that while there have been preventative programs put into place, human beings are actively destroying our planet and slowly killing off hundreds of species with every deforestation project, landfill, and black-market trade. For his article, Corwin uses real life experiences to strengthen his credibility. In addition to his easy-to-understand writing style, Corwin also pulls his audience into the root of his essay by providing shocking facts that give readers an insight as to what could happen if they continue to disregard their planet and the other living species that reside there.…

    • 922 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Hominid Evolution Essay

    • 1031 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Hominids are humans and their bipedal relatives; hominid evolution has taken many years of looking for fossils to discover the modern humans past. There has been many scientific research and development done in order to find more about the modern human’s ancestors. Hominid evolution is a lengthy process of change occurring for millions of years. Modern humans, also known as Homo sapiens, are the only surviving species of the genus Homo. Three important ancestors that share close relationships and characteristics with Homo sapiens are Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and Homo Neanderthalensis.…

    • 1031 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Great Essays

    Endangered species are organisms that have such a reduced population that they are threatened with extinction. There are thousands of different species that are included in this list. Millions of years before humans existed, causes of extinction of living things were mostly linked to geological and climate effects (environmental change). Even though, environmental change is still the primary root for the extinction of organisms, but now the process of extinction is accelerated by human modernization and development and activity.…

    • 1264 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays