Posted on 09/01/2006 8:36:50 AM PDT by patton
No argument here.
Are you part Neanderthal?
Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Wednesday, 23 August 2006 | Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News
Posted on 08/23/2006 1:25:51 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1688438/posts
The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
by James Shreeve
Brezhnev had the best monobrow. Ever.
But if they could interbreed and produce fertile offspring, were they really different species? I know the old definition of species would say no, but I think new information may have changed that. Anyone?
susie
And neither does anyone else - yet.
The article suggests they could, and if they could, that *might* indicate they were the same species (I think).
susie
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