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I think that the Scandinavians moved into the area on the order of 2000 years ago (before that the Sami lived there from 11000 years ago). The neanderthal went
by JupiterMoon 11y ago
I think that the Scandinavians moved into the area on the order of 2000 years ago (before that the Sami lived there from 11000 years ago). The neanderthal went extinct in the order of 40000 years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway
Nice idea but it seems improbable
- danieltillett 11y agoNeanderthals aren't extinct, they just breed with the later immigrants from Africa so that all non-Africans are a mix of Neanderthal and African people's. The interesting thing is the gene flow from Neanderthal's all came from the male side.
- JupiterMoon 11y agoOK given that this is true which it may well be but is a matter of current research neanderthals ceased at some stage to be a separate group from homo spapians. The time was well before the Scandinavians appeared.
- danieltillett 11y agoWell since the Scandinavians are part Neanderthal there is no point at which the ceased to be separate, however, at the time that people with a majority Neanderthal genes ceased to exist Scandinavia was under 2km of ice and so nobody lived there. There never was a time when anyone, but humans lived there.