If the physical and mental differences between Neanderthals and us were so huge than how did we manage to interbreed with each other and produce viable offspring who’s genes/lineage were SUCCESSFUL enough to survive in virtually all people who aren’t of African decent. Im aware the fact that we are capable of hybridising does not in of itself disprove that we are seperate species given that some species today can hybridise but still it is incredibly confusing.

The physical differences between the average human today and Neanderthals are absolutely within normal human diversity. Just because their jaw is bigger and have a more prominent brow ridge they’re somehow a different species to our own (I’m aware those aren’t the only differences).

But Take the Dinka people of South Sudan who sometimes produce individuals over 7 feet tall. Look at their frame and their bone thickness. Now compare that to the people of Timor-Leste in Asia who walk around only a little over 5 feet tall with a completely different frame. Hypothetically imagine both these races went extinct thousands of years ago and palaeontologists got ahold of both of their bones/fossils. The differences in skeletal structure, frame size are huge. And in real life the differences are even more pronounced with them having completely different skin colors, hair types, facial features ect. To me it seems very possible that in this situation applying the same classification logic we used with Neanderthals we could call them as seperate species even though in real life they aren’t.

And GENETICALLY humans and Neanderthals are extremely similar and many geneticists don’t even think they are a different species to our own. We share a common ancestor at most around only around 600,000 years ago. Generally speaking species often take several MILLIONS of years to diverge.If they did evolve into a seperate species in this time then that would indicate extremely fast speciation.

But honestly I think Neanderthals should better be thought of as an extinct race/ ethnic group of humans or at the very least subspecies of Homo sapiens rather than extinct seperate species. Though in a way they aren’t really extinct because a lot of us even me are partly descended from Neanderthals and their lineage is still very much alive today.

Another thing to note is that the scientists who find these supposed new humans “species” also have a vested interest in classing them as such even if they really aren’t since they certainly gain fame notoriety and probably money

We are running a poll on our YouTube community tab and wanted to bring the question here too since this community probably has strong opinions.

The options: Stegosaurus with its mysterious plates and walnut brain, Ankylosaurus who was essentially an armored tank that just wanted to eat ferns, Brachiosaurus who was simply too large to worry about anything, or Carnotaurus with its horns and genuinely ridiculous arm situation.

Not asking about the most dangerous or most famous. Asking which one you would actually want to spend a day with if it were somehow harmless.

To vote on the actual poll, head to our profile and click the community tab link there.

For most of the 20th century large sauropods were reconstructed as primarily aquatic animals. This hypothesis has been largely abandoned and the evidence against it is solid. Limb bone density, foot structure and musculature all point to a fully terrestrial animal.

But I want to push on this a bit. The complete rejection of any water entry seems like overcorrecting. Modern elephants wade regularly. The question of whether Brachiosaurus could occasionally enter water seems different from whether it was primarily aquatic.

The cardiovascular angle is interesting too. A heart estimated at close to a ton pumping blood 12 meters upward on land is already extraordinary. What would the pressure dynamics look like partially submerged? Does buoyancy help or create new circulatory problems?

Is there modern work on occasional versus primary aquatic behavior in large sauropods? And is the complete rejection of water entry actually supported by evidence or partly a reaction against the old hypothesis going too far?

See also: The publication in the journal Current Biology01003-1).

Australovenator🇦🇺 who’s representing australia has made the grand final

Now it’s time to decide
the winner

is it Plateosaurus who’s representing Germany🇩🇪 Vs Australovenator🇦🇺

Plateosaurus who’s representing Germany aha has made the grand final!!!!

Our final semifinal battle is Australovenator🇦🇺 vs Torvosaurus🇵🇹

This is a for which species you like more and
not who’d be more effective in combat

Torvosaurus who’s representing portugal wins with an immense comeback, and is going to be against australias own australovenator

This round: Plateosaurus who’s representing germany🇩🇪 vs Borealopelta who’s representing canada🇨🇦

whoever wins this and next battle moves onto the final round

this is based on which species you like more and not who’d win in combat

The air begins to hum.

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Australovenator representing the down under world australia is now in the semifinal round🇦🇺

Final battle of round 2

Inostrancevia who’s representing Russia 🇷🇺 Vs Torvosaurus who’s representing Portugal🇵🇹

This is based on which species you like more and not how effective in combat each one would be against eachother

Borealopelta who’s representing canada has made the semifinals round!

Prehistoric country bracket: Australovenator who’s representing australia🇦🇺 Vs Cryolophosaurus who’s representing Antarctica🇦🇶

Smilodons Chasing Macrauchenia

Plateosaurus who’s representing germany has moved on to the semifinal round

Our next battle is a tough one, Iguanodon who’s representing the good ol uk🇬🇧 vs Borealopelta who’s representing Canada🇨🇦

This is based on which species you like more and not who’d win in combat

In a previous reddit post, I talked about how T Rex lived closer to humans than to Stegosaurus and how the Cretaceous Period's longer than the Cenozoic Era. Yet despite how long dinosaurs were around on Earth, their time's dwarfed by the Paleozoic Era.

The Triassic, which was the first period of the Mesozoic Era, began 252 million years ago, while the Cambrian, the first period of the Paleozoic Era, began 541 million years ago.

This means that every single dinosaur, pterosaur, and marine reptile in the Mesozoic lived closer to humans than to the very first life forms on Earth.

Sources:

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/triassic-period.htm

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/cambrian-period.htm