So they were a distinctly separate group and migration way previous to “humans”. Wow, we are getting down to counting pretty fine threads. I was always led to believe that they wre just an earlier form of modern man~~ Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon and modern man....
‘I was always led to believe that they wre just an earlier form of modern man~~ Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon and modern man....’
I don’t think that this theory has had any supporters since the early 19th century, when Neanderthals were first identified. The Cro-Magnons WERE Homo Sapiens Sapiens (modern man).