Our close , extinct human relative were the Neanderthals who lived in Eurasia and died about 30,000 years ago . They were firstdiscovered in 1856by a chemical group of quarrymen in the Neander Valley near Dusseldorf , Germany and changed what we knew about evolution and the human beings of the past .
Neanderthalswere short and stocky , perfect for surviving in the cold of theice geezerhood . Most had a lifespan of about 30 years , and lived in family groups . They cared for their gruesome and previous , used creature , and probably had a language .
But many questions remain unanswered . What led to their rapid evolution ? Why did some Neanderthals breed with our more direct predecessors , Homo sapiens ? Why did Homo sapiens neanderthalensis go nonextant ? And most importantly , were Fred and Wilma Flintstone among their turn ?
I fill this doubtfulness very severely and sought response in " The Flintstones , " a cartoon from the stone ages of television . On Sept. 30 , 1960 , " The Flintstones " debuted on American boob tube and wasthe most popularand suffer animated sitcom on prime - metre television system until " The Simpsons " stole that pennant .
The cartoon depicts lodge in a pre - historic stage setting where dinosaur and people somehow co - exist together in harmony . The chief characters are Fred and Wilma Flintstone , their neighbour Barney and Betty Rubble , their youngster , Pebbles and Bamm - Bamm and , of course , the Flintstones ' pet dinosaur , Dino , who has some very doglike tone .
So , is there any grounds that these characters were Neanderthals ? Here ’s the first clue : In the cartoon , Fred Flintstone puzzle out at a prey and Neanderthals were first discovered by quarrymen . But you could say that ’s merely a happenstance and not proof .
Second , since the Neanderthals live during the ice age , are there any signs of snow or insensate on the show ? In the sixth instalment of the third time of year , " Snow Gets in Your Eye , " Fred and Barney head to a ski resort for a lodge retreat , yield us mental image of snow and winter sports , but then , we are n’t inhabit in an ice age and we have skiing , too .
ultimately , I picked up a written matter of " The Flintstones " comic from DC Comics . ( I ’ve even talk to the creators of that comic before . ) This finally gave me the conclusive proof that I was look for : Fred Flintstone and the rest of the denizen of Bedrock were n’t Neanderthals all , but theyco - existedwith them .
What ’s the evidence ? In the very first offspring of the risible book , Fred is tasked by his evil , prehensile boss , Mr. Slate , with tricking orbit Neanderthals into working in his quarry for a pittance because they do n’t have a society that read money . They work for one 24-hour interval and take the money but hate it , opt rather to follow up on their own happiness . This proves that they were at least smart than the Cro - Magnon capitalists of Bedrock .
