“Frayer’s own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons.”
You post that a lot. There must be some significance of which I am ignorant.
What’s the big deal about a link between the two?
I only post that in Neandertal topics -- the morphological links between living humans and Neandertal were unmistakable, and were not due to even older common ancestors. Over recent years, as the DNA technology has improved, there's no longer any way to credibly deny the link anyway. There are those who might deny it without credibility, though.