08-25-2014, 10:08 PM
The neanderthals may have been wiped out by ho mo (ho mo used with space to get around forum nanny filter) sapiens (but not before a bit of interbreeding, so we actually are apparently partially descendents of neanderthals), and had rudimentary tool-making abilities, so could have evolved more advanced intellects and civilizations.
If we were wiped out today, the bonobos (so called pygmy chimpanzees; aka pan paniscus) are probably the most intellectually advanced beings on earth other than ourselves, with emotional characteristics, language learning skills and tool-making and using skills similar to ho mo sapiens. It has been suggested that their skills are more advanced than those of some examples early ho mo sapiens. Regular chimpanzees (pan troglodytes) though not as advanced as bonobos, also have many of these skills. There have even been suggestions to change the scientific names of the chimpanzee species to ho mo paniscus and ho mo troglodytes because the chimps are barely different from humans.
If we were wiped out today, the bonobos (so called pygmy chimpanzees; aka pan paniscus) are probably the most intellectually advanced beings on earth other than ourselves, with emotional characteristics, language learning skills and tool-making and using skills similar to ho mo sapiens. It has been suggested that their skills are more advanced than those of some examples early ho mo sapiens. Regular chimpanzees (pan troglodytes) though not as advanced as bonobos, also have many of these skills. There have even been suggestions to change the scientific names of the chimpanzee species to ho mo paniscus and ho mo troglodytes because the chimps are barely different from humans.