Sunday, April 17, 2011

Neanderthal Look

This is the best image of a Neanderthal I found.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is:

A). The real author of the works of
William Shakespeare.

B). A long-lost self portrait by
Rembrandt.

C). The next Secretary-General of
the UN.

D). The brains behind Bernie
Madoff.


Anon.

J said...

Former World Heavyweight Champion.

Anonymous said...

The Great White Hope?

Anon.

J said...

Probably White and red-headed.

Anonymous said...

This one appears to have no hair at all, implying survival to old age; itself unusual in that time.

Anon.

B said...

Actually, if you made it past childhood in primitive society, your odds of making it to old age were pretty decent.

J said...

I am not sure that Neanderthalers reached retirement age. They lived on fresh meat alone, and hunting big animals is a most dangerous profession. All the skeletons found have several broken bones.

Anonymous said...

This man, for example, is missing the lower part of his body.

Anon.

B said...

Meh, I'm sure they'd let you retire and start coaching after a while.

What a great life-hanging out and spearing mammoths and other paleolithic megafauna with your friends and relatives. It would be like playing pro sports, but where you could barbecue the other team afterwards.