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The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve
Frayer'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]

19 posted on 01/24/2008 11:54:55 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__________________Profile updated Wednesday, January 16, 2008)
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To: SunkenCiv
From the source ‘They believe that most of the people living in China and East Asia are descendants of a native lineage whose consistent, uninterrupted evolution can be traced back millions of years.’

If the Chinese have been a separate evolutionary line for ‘millions of years’, wouldn’t that imply that they are a different species, even a different genus, and therefore unable to breed with Europeans? That certainly isn’t the case!

24 posted on 01/27/2008 4:06:05 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Mike Huckabee: If Gomer Pyle and Hugo Chavez had a love child this is who it would be.)
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