Neanderthal family from forensic reconstructions |
I have also observed human nature both up close and at a distance, and will assert that under a variety of circumstances, human males will mate with just about anything with an orifice. To put it bluntly, if a hunter will screw a dead deer do you actually think he wouldn’t screw a hairy woman?(Look at the second image of reconstructed Neanderthal female. She remind you of someone you know?) Human conflict is rife with tales of “rape and pillage” with emphasis on the rape part. So why would anyone with a brain not think that after humans kicked the crap out of a band of Neanderthals they wouldn’t rape the women left alive? Of course they would. And did. End of story. (And vice versa too I imagine) I have taught this “theory” for decades, all the while the experts have waffled back and forth. Anatomical and genetic evidence has been piling up for decades as well and once again the world has caught up with Woody. About time, too.
Just one of many references: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/345517/title/Human-Neandertal_mating_gets_a_new_date
Image: http://www.daynes.com/en/reconstructions/neanderthal.phpImage: And check this one out. http://www.daynes.com/en/reconstructions/neanderthal-4,1.php