Paleogenomics throws a lot of light on the physical evidence.
All of the human population has Neanderthal genes, not some of us, ALL of us.
The amount of Neanderthal genes varies from lows of around 1% in African and Aboriginal populations to highs of around 2.5% in European populations.
However, we don't all have the same Neanderthal genes. Samples from tens of thousands of people have shown that just over 25% of the Neanderthal genome is still present in the human race.
We didn't just interact with the Neanderthal, we "absorbed" them to the point that they vanished as a species. We LITERALLY "fucked our cousins to death" and they weren't the first or only ones we did it to.
We are the last of the "homo" genus standing. BUT, around 100,000 years ago there were probably more than a dozen distinct species of homo sapiens. At that time the Neanderthals occupied Europe and the Northern Middle East. The Denisovians occupied India, Southeast Asia, and into China. In Africa there were around a dozen variants of Homo Sapiens Sapiens or us.
We had been interacting/interbreeding with the Neanderthals and Denisovians for hundreds of thousands of years. Every time there was a glacial maximum the three offshoots of Homo Habilis would move into the Middle East and interbreed.
Then, when things warmed up and the Middle East would dry up, each species would go back to it's homeland. Every single person in Africa has about 1% Neanderthal genes in their genome. This is how they got there.
What happened was a Climate Disaster around 75kya, the Toba Mega-eruption.
ALL of the hominid cousin species suffered massive population declines. The "human" species shrank down to between 10,000 to 20,000 individuals. We almost died out.
Then, something changed in us and we started rapidly expanding. By 55,000BCE we had rebounded and spread into the traditional "homelands" of the Neanderthal and Denisovians. We had become an unstoppable genetic avalanche as we "subsumed" ALL of the other hominid species we came into contact with. We interbred and swamped all of our cousins out of existence.
However, there are still traces of 8-10 other hominid species in the human genome. Species that we don't even have fossils evidence for, but that we KNOW existed because of the ghosts they have left in our DNA. The cousins that became part of us as we conquered first Africa, then the world.
We are still today trying to cobble together the pieces about how modern humans and other iterations of homo-genus species evolved in the Levant, the cradle of humanity.
You know that region that is currently being bombed back into the dark ages by European colonial usurpers in a relentless battle for the region's mineral resources.
It's fascinating that early Homo Sapien–Neanderthal relationships in the mid-Middle Palaeolithic Levant were cordial and culturally entwined.
That busts the myth that the region has always know conflict. Broadly speaking conflict came to them, not from within them.
Had I been involved in the peer review process of the quoted paper, I would have corrected the paragraph below:
"Located in central Israel, Tinshemet Cave offers new insights into human relationships during the Middle Paleolithic period in the Near East."
There is a degree of cultural imperialism written into the paper. You can't refer to the cave as being in Israel in a discussion about the mid-Middle Palaeolithic period.
It should have read: 'Located in what is now known as "Central Israel".
It might sound pedantic, but that is the scientific method, and I feel it's important to point out this deliberate cultural imperialism.
The "devil is always in the detail", pardon the pun.
The paper was written by " Prof. Yossi Zaidner of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Prof. Israel Hershkovitz of Tel Aviv University, and Dr. Marion Prévost of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem".
Folks will have to draw their own conclusions whether it was deliberate or not, my inclination is it was.
The Zionist occupiers are masters at rewriting history, don't let any of us fall for it.
Paleogenomics throws a lot of light on the physical evidence.
All of the human population has Neanderthal genes, not some of us, ALL of us.
The amount of Neanderthal genes varies from lows of around 1% in African and Aboriginal populations to highs of around 2.5% in European populations.
However, we don't all have the same Neanderthal genes. Samples from tens of thousands of people have shown that just over 25% of the Neanderthal genome is still present in the human race.
We didn't just interact with the Neanderthal, we "absorbed" them to the point that they vanished as a species. We LITERALLY "fucked our cousins to death" and they weren't the first or only ones we did it to.
We are the last of the "homo" genus standing. BUT, around 100,000 years ago there were probably more than a dozen distinct species of homo sapiens. At that time the Neanderthals occupied Europe and the Northern Middle East. The Denisovians occupied India, Southeast Asia, and into China. In Africa there were around a dozen variants of Homo Sapiens Sapiens or us.
We had been interacting/interbreeding with the Neanderthals and Denisovians for hundreds of thousands of years. Every time there was a glacial maximum the three offshoots of Homo Habilis would move into the Middle East and interbreed.
Then, when things warmed up and the Middle East would dry up, each species would go back to it's homeland. Every single person in Africa has about 1% Neanderthal genes in their genome. This is how they got there.
What happened was a Climate Disaster around 75kya, the Toba Mega-eruption.
ALL of the hominid cousin species suffered massive population declines. The "human" species shrank down to between 10,000 to 20,000 individuals. We almost died out.
Then, something changed in us and we started rapidly expanding. By 55,000BCE we had rebounded and spread into the traditional "homelands" of the Neanderthal and Denisovians. We had become an unstoppable genetic avalanche as we "subsumed" ALL of the other hominid species we came into contact with. We interbred and swamped all of our cousins out of existence.
However, there are still traces of 8-10 other hominid species in the human genome. Species that we don't even have fossils evidence for, but that we KNOW existed because of the ghosts they have left in our DNA. The cousins that became part of us as we conquered first Africa, then the world.
Thank you for this fantastic response, Richard. It provides abundant, relevant information. Thank you, too, for sharing my work while adding to it.
We are still today trying to cobble together the pieces about how modern humans and other iterations of homo-genus species evolved in the Levant, the cradle of humanity.
You know that region that is currently being bombed back into the dark ages by European colonial usurpers in a relentless battle for the region's mineral resources.
It's fascinating that early Homo Sapien–Neanderthal relationships in the mid-Middle Palaeolithic Levant were cordial and culturally entwined.
That busts the myth that the region has always know conflict. Broadly speaking conflict came to them, not from within them.
Had I been involved in the peer review process of the quoted paper, I would have corrected the paragraph below:
"Located in central Israel, Tinshemet Cave offers new insights into human relationships during the Middle Paleolithic period in the Near East."
There is a degree of cultural imperialism written into the paper. You can't refer to the cave as being in Israel in a discussion about the mid-Middle Palaeolithic period.
It should have read: 'Located in what is now known as "Central Israel".
It might sound pedantic, but that is the scientific method, and I feel it's important to point out this deliberate cultural imperialism.
The "devil is always in the detail", pardon the pun.
The paper was written by " Prof. Yossi Zaidner of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Prof. Israel Hershkovitz of Tel Aviv University, and Dr. Marion Prévost of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem".
Folks will have to draw their own conclusions whether it was deliberate or not, my inclination is it was.
The Zionist occupiers are masters at rewriting history, don't let any of us fall for it.
Assalamu alaikum.
https://www.afhu.org/2025/03/10/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-neanderthal-and-homo-sapiens-interactions-in-the-mid-middle-paleolithic/
Thank you for this excellent, informative comment. You’re correct about the cultural imperialism, which matches a long-lasting, global pattern.
Thank you for your nonstop collegiality, Kevin. I appreciate your efforts to share, like, and add to my work.
If one to one people acted the same way large populations do I would say you're a dreamer, but thankfully for true friends you are not.
Caught in the act! 😳
Great comment, Gregg. I envy your collection.