[sheik yerbouty]

Neanderthals and Cro magnons were the same species. The imperative for a squat robust build died out as cutting tools improved.

[blam]

"The imperative for a squat robust build died out as cutting tools improved."

A squat compact and robust body was necessary for the Ice Age. Because they were in the colder climates they covered their bodies which deprived them of vitamin 'D' and they turned white.

[goody2shooz]

But we don't share any DNA with Neanderthals. I vote for more testing wherever Neanderthal DNA proves testable. It may just be bad luck that the individual tested came from a group that didn't share in progeniture.

[blam]

Redheads 'Are Neanderthals'

[gonzo]

"... Neanderthals and Cro magnons were the same species. The imperative for a squat robust build died out as cutting tools improved..."

Correction: we are both human, but different species of human. We are Cro-Magnon - they were Neanderthal. The DNA is different.

We did not evolve from Neanderthal, but we may very well have intermingled with them, and produced viable off-spring, though almost all of them would have been mules (unable to reproduce).

I think the correct word is a 'singularity', and describes a fundamental change in humanity. With the ever-accelerating advances in computer technology and bio-engineering, we may yet get to see one or more 'singularities'.

An 'Artificial-Intelligence' computer similar to HAL 9000, or an engineered-human-being with no disease and an incredibly long lifespan are visible in the near future.

Just food for thought - we'll probably kill them............FRegards