Nah. I’m going to stick with the Bible. Humans are humans, entirely unique beings. Not saying some of them didn’t have sex with primates, because even today some deviant humans have sex with animals, but no subspecies developed. And, of course, the dates are all wrong. Either carbon dating is not accurate, or there is the “gap theory”, with Satan trying to create humanity, and failing spectacularly. God knows; it’s above my pay grade. I can live just fine without knowing the answer to everything; I’ll find out the answers to all my questions when I get to Heaven.
Within limits radiocarbon dating is fairly accurate.
Gap theory, Satan trying to create humanity, and failing spectacularly? Interesting.
Perhaps not so spectacularly.
On the average, modern humans have 2-3% Neanderthal DNA.
On the average.
Some more, some much more. Does much more correlate with being a sociopath or politician?
Does everyone have some Neanderthal DNA?
If so, are we all damned under a 'single Neanderthal gene rule', the equivalent of the old 'one drop rule'?
Or are there 'pureblood' homo sapiens?
Were the intermarried royal bloodlines an attempt to preserve a pure blood line or preserve a high Neaderthal lineage?
Several testable hypotheses there...