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The ecological and evolutionary context Neanderthal and its connection to our species over the last two thousand years, was the topic yesterday by Professor of Evolution at the University of Murcia, José Sebastián García Carrión, at the conference " Neanderthals on the scene, "Jumilla organized by the Department of Culture and the Friends of the Municipal Museum Jerónimo Molina.
Given a completely full public room Jumillano professor explained the ecological context of evolution and extinction of the Neanderthals, with special emphasis on the Iberian Peninsula region in which it evolved and where he lived the last populations of Neanderthals until about 28,000 years.
During the presentation, the teacher brought up the eternal debate about the connection that existed between changes in climate, vegetation and fauna on the one hand and industry and archaeological human fossil data on the other.
According to García Carrión said, "we conclude that the Upper Palaeolithic industry laminar and ornaments, were also manufactured by the Neanderthal, to which he had been given a lower mental capacity of data begin to show."
Besides Professor, addressed curiosities about Neanderthal species, as for example, the inheritance that could have left us today so common diseases such as diabetes or Parkinson's.
Apparently, 70,000 years ago the human species Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals who inhabited the Earth, they passed each other leading to various hybrids.
Thus, the remnants of Neanderthal DNA in the human genome are associated with the genes responsible for diseases such as type 2 diabetes, Crohn's disease, lupus, and even biliary cirrhosis associated with smoking.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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