They wouldn’t breed back into the human population. The DNA studies in the late 90s cleared up the big mystery of there being no evidence of crossbreeding despite neanderthals and modern humans living in close proximity for prolonged periods of time. We could no more interbreed with neanderthals than we could with horses. The neanderthal was not another race, he was another species, gigantic difference.
“They wouldn’t breed back into the human population. The DNA studies in the late 90s cleared up the big mystery of there being no evidence of crossbreeding despite neanderthals and modern humans living in close proximity for prolonged periods of time. We could no more interbreed with neanderthals than we could with horses. The neanderthal was not another race, he was another species, gigantic difference.”
Ping!
“The neanderthal was not another race, he was another species, gigantic difference.”
Uh oh. If they’re genetically that removed, then it’s more likely the plantation system will be back again. Think of this, they’ll do jobs that North American’s just won’t do as well. We won’t need all those illegal aliens with all of their attendant social costs. Unskilled labor is unskilled labor. It doesn’t matter who does it. If they’re smart enough (and some say the Neanders were not complete idiots) to make it to the work floor, or the field, then they’d smart enough to do a lot of this stuff. And since they aren’t really humans (sentience aside), they’d be prime candidates for exploitation.
Yeah, if sentience is a consideration it would complicate things. Elephants and whales haven’t had it so good at times, but some folks they are sentient as well. You couldn’t prove it as I’ve never lived with a whale or an elephant (but I’ve got a 10 and 12 year old that I’m beginning to wonder about). >:-(