Neanderthals Were Absolute Freaks Of Nature

Akward biology lessons here @LivingZoo

0:00 Our Sister Species
0:49 Height & Crazy BMI
1:54 Thicc Skeletons
2:17 What They Hunted
4:41 Insane Strength
5:53 Superhuman Durability (Crazy Injuries Survived)
6:56 74% Of Neaderthals Survived This…
8:15 Neanderthals GOBBLED AIR + Insane Lung Capacity
9:28 Caloric Needs
10:03 Need For Speed
11:03 Muscle Fiber Composition
12:01 Brain Size Vs. Ours
12:50 What There Brain Sections Were Devoted To
14:01 Chunky Jaw & Teeth
14:34 A Third ‘Hand’
15:38 What Does Neanderthal DNA Do To You?

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[Kellethorn]

"We dwarves are natural born sprinters! Very dangerous at the short distances."

[realsatoshihashimoto]

So for Neanderthals it would've actually been 100% true if they'd said, "I'm not overweight, I'm just big boned!"

[ben-]

Lost his arm, blind in one eye, deaf. And he was old. Absolute chad.

[beyboy]

LMFAO the not like us in the thumbnail made me think this was a parody of kendrick lamar 💀💀

[Kai.CRoleplaying]

I saw a paper that argued Neanderthals basically couldn't throw or use projectile weapons very well, due to the sturdy structure of their shoulders and arms. They had to approach prey and kill it up close, which explains why so many fossils feature injuries from animals. It also might help explain how humans who could throw spears or use bows eventually out-competed or replaced them.

[efnissien]

I worked with a guy who genuinely looked like a Neanderthal - slightly shorter, stocky. One day i was sitting reading something like nat geo magazine, when I spotted a full page picture of a Neanderthal with the caption along the line of 'you could sit next to a Neanderthal without actually noticing much difference.' I looked over the top of the nat geo, and it my colleague was in profile, just like the picture, and the similarity was stunning.

[joaovitorfarinabraga]

Nature: you have neanderthal DNA

Me: oh, what do i get ? Super strength, a manly jawline ? Or ..

Nature: ADHD

Me:…fair

[Latinarama]

If Neanderthals really had those crazy hormones to make them strong, it's no surprise there were more interpersonal conflicts lol. Just imagine humanity except puberty never ends. Bunch of body builders with wild mood swings. That would be crazy.

[herbderbler]

"Bro, imagine if humans had the strength of chimps and gorillas."

Neanderthal: "Allow me to introduce myself!"

[bonnitaclaus]

Interesting: my late husband, had a very large barrel chest, it was hard as a rock. Huge air capacity. His arms were quite long, but he had Popeye arms. Large stocking hams, his wrists were as big as his forearms, his biceps were no joke, but not as large as forearms. A powerful punch. Short legs, but I’m only stood 6 foot when the average his family is 6‘4” for men. Cold did not seem to bother him so much until it reach below freezing.

[clifforddean]

Just a bunch of Mike Tysons roaming around kicking some animal booty.

[tristandaries]

Gonna be real, as an African, I doubt that bee fence would work. Poachers are crafty, once they find the fence perimeter, they know the elephants are somewhere within, lowering the amount of area they have to search. It would keep elephants away from normal human interaction, but not for people who go looking for them

[thecore]

The fact that Neanderthals in a daily basis fought wild prehistoric animals and still survived and some fully healed is terrifying to think about in modern times. Imagine someone built like a Neanderthal in modern fighting sports

[boogiehound]

Neanderthals are shorter than modern humans but taller than humans from the same time period. Perhaps if they hadn't died out and lived until the present with access to better food they would have gotten taller to.

[totalherenow]

Anthropologist here. Remember that humans living at the same time as the Neanderthals were almost as strong as they were. Neanderthals are thought to have required about 5000 kcal/day and humans back then around 3600-4200. So, we weren't quite as robust as they were, but pretty close. That robusticity was lost in humans from 45kya to 13kya.

[nellZtvyt]

Neanderthals had an increase muscle mass in order to adapt to the cold climate which they had to face as more muscle mass = more blood circulation = more body heat. This is also why they has shorter statures in order to have less body mass to spread heat across.

[trapper]

If Neanderthals were still around, they would have their own Neanderthal League in every sport😂

[fimmywa]

"They would need 4700-6300 calories per day" and there's the kicker. The machine needs fuel. Modern humans are not the bigger machine, but we are much more efficient.

[guidosillaste]

its crazy how they still depict them being primitive when we have found tools, language and complex social structures in their resting places.

[lk]

So 70% of 6, 000 calories is about 4, 000 calories of meat per day. If my math is right that is like 4lbs of beef every day for an adult. Wow! No wonder that hunted a lot of big game.