[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: this massive change was simply impossible unless there was a totally separate population which suddenly appeared and took over, presumably based upon their vastly superior intelligence and technology (weapons etc.). ::

That a HUGE chunk of presuppositions (bias confirmation) shizzle, right there.

[Disestablishmentarian]

That a HUGE chunk of presuppositions (bias confirmation) shizzle, right there.

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No. The leap in technology (tools and weapons) shows up in the archeology of the time (35KYA and before). They even made musical instruments of bone and wood, which exhibit a 5-tone scale. A whole "Band" of instruments were found together in at least one site. They made sewing needles. And so on.

You're right...I cannot know for sure if it they won the genetic war and extinguished Neanderthal because of superior weapons and tactics. Maybe they were just better looking and the archaic Homo sapiens "women" preferred to mate with them.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Ummm...yeah, about that Colleen Clements

[Steve Van Doorn]

"this massive change was simply impossible unless there was a totally separate population which suddenly appeared and took over, presumably based upon their vastly superior intelligence and technology (weapons etc.)"

I can't think of another way how Cro-Magnon(RH- blood), neanderthal and Homo Capensis had a larger Cranial capacity then ours. Unless they mated with lower species.

Cletus.D.Yokel how does three different species have more intelligence then we do today?
That story is tied to Atlantis I believe because of what Plato said. How Atlantis lost their divine portion began to fade away because of the diluted admixture.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/154223
Genetic admixture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_admixture