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<blockquote data-quote="Ashtagon" data-source="post: 5989617" data-attributes="member: 72335">They may have had a better or worse sense of smell. We don't really know. What we do know is that the nasal bone structures show that they must have had wide, flared nostrils. That says nothing about sense of smell either way. But it says something very specific about temperature adaptation.I'll agree that their body shape makes them marginally better at handling cold weather. But given that they had clothing, I'd say that these clothes were a far bigger factor in determining ability to tolerate cold than any physical variation among hominids. Their clothing technology (such as it was) had reached a state where it was a massively bigger factor in enabling them to withstand cold weather compared to the marginal benefit their more robust body shape provided.They did thrive in Europe (and the middle east). This is more likely to be because they were the top predator in those areas, and had less competition for position of top predator in those areas compared to other regions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ashtagon, post: 5989617, member: 72335"] They may have had a better or worse sense of smell. We don't really know. What we do know is that the nasal bone structures show that they must have had wide, flared nostrils. That says nothing about sense of smell either way. But it says something very specific about temperature adaptation. I'll agree that their body shape makes them marginally better at handling cold weather. But given that they had clothing, I'd say that these clothes were a far bigger factor in determining ability to tolerate cold than any physical variation among hominids. Their clothing technology (such as it was) had reached a state where it was a massively bigger factor in enabling them to withstand cold weather compared to the marginal benefit their more robust body shape provided. They did thrive in Europe (and the middle east). This is more likely to be because they were the top predator in those areas, and had less competition for position of top predator in those areas compared to other regions. [/QUOTE]

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