Neanderthal Study Guide

Further Sources of Information

• Why the Neanderthals Failed: Ortvale Klde, Georgia
• Sequencing of Neanderthal DNA Begins
• Neanderthal bibliography
• Neanderthals on Trial, NOVA.
• The Neanderthal, from the BBC's Channel 4 program.
• The Neanderthal Demise, Michele Miller in the Athena Review.
• Neanderthals and Modern Humans in Western Asia, this website features a lengthy discussion on the modern human/neanderthal connections.
• Neandertal DNA Sequencing, from J.Q. Jacobs

Study Questions

1. What do you think would have happened to the Neanderthals if Modern humans hadn't entered the scene? What would a Neanderthal world look like?
2. What would today's culture be like if the Neanderthals hadn't died out? What would it be like if there were two species of human on the world?
3. If both Neanderthals and Modern humans could talk, what do you think their conversations would be about?
4. What might the discovery of flower pollen in a grave suggest about the social behaviors of Neanderthals?
5. What does the discovery of elderly Neanderthals who had lived beyond the age of fending for themself suggest?

Study Guide Menu

• Overview
• Important Facts
• Archaeological Sites
• Study Questions and Further Sources
• Bibliography

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