To: null and void
It is likely a Cro-Magnon man/Neanderthal woman match would result in a baby with a head too big for her birth canal. OTOH a Cro-Magnon woman/Neanderthal man match could easily result in a kid that is stronger than mom's people and smarter than dad's people. Good point, actually.
Note that the "Liger" and the "Tigon" are hybrids, one is robust, the other weakly and generally does not survive into adulthood.
The possibility of one gender-based hybrid's success ( but untraceable DNA assimilation ) and the other hybrid's failure to leave a genetic legacy is a valid one.
37 posted on
05/19/2008 4:13:50 PM PDT by
Drammach
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To: Drammach
Hmmmmmm. Good point about the Liger and Tigon. Now I’m wondering if the sudden success of modern man is due to ‘hybrid vigor’ associated with some of the Neanderthal genes being thrown into the mix?
38 posted on
05/19/2008 4:42:33 PM PDT by
null and void
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To: Drammach
Note that the "Liger" and the "Tigon" are hybrids, one is robust, the other weakly and generally does not survive into adulthood.Just a thought...
Would the Crothal and Neadernon possibly be Goliaths and leprechauns?...
40 posted on
05/24/2008 2:35:59 PM PDT by
null and void
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