[Inyo-Mono]

That was an American fossil whose name escapes me. The Neanderthal was a very advanced, extinct ape, the most advanced member of the same family as chimps and gorillas, his DNA generally described as about halfway between ours and that of a chimpanzee. The genetic gulf was far too wide for us to be descended from the Neanderthal and that also rules out all other hominids as plausible human ancestors since they were all FURTHER removed from us THAN the Neanderthal.

I take it that you didn't study anthropology in college?

[wendy1946]

I studied mathematics in college. Aside from anything else, that means that I have a better grasp on basic logic than most anthropologists do. Too-remote-to-be-descended-from is a transitive relationship. Simple stuff to my ilk at least but most anthropologists can’t handle it.