Posted on 11/07/2006 7:27:55 PM PST by Pharmboy
One point I would make is that before Neanderthalensis and Sapiens became separate species, they could then have had common ancestors.
A mixing and contest for beneficial genes could have resulted from that.
So now there is evidence that early Homo sapiens shaved and showered regularly?
The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
by James Shreeve
They also may be responsible for the Democrat Party.Hey, don't insult the Neanderthals. :') Thanks Pharmboy.
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Maybe I will live long enough to see the false "Neanderthal" classification to go by the wayside and the various scientific disciplines realize we are just talking about homo sapiens, just homo sapiens....
Ugh. They are both homo sapiens. Neanderthalis is a false classification whose origin is in that same school that gave the world Nazi science.
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It is all in the matter of how they are used. Considering this election, there wasn't much usage going on.
...if you're a redhead.
Redheads 'are neanderthal'
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3adc5573604d.htm
London - Red hair may be the genetic legacy of Neanderthals...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1322006/posts
Beat me to it.
The answer is no. Apes, monkeys, and hominids are one family of creatures, we are another; we are not related to them at all other possibly than for similarity of design. The neanderthal has been ruled out as a plausible ancestor for modern man and his DNA described as "about halfway between ours and that of a chimpanzee" and all other hominids are further removed from us THAN the neanderthal. There is thus no plausible ancestor for modern man amongst the hominids. To be descended from something, at some point, you have to be able to interbreed with the something and we could no more interbreed with neanderthals, much less any other hominid, than we could with goats or horses.
The results seem consistent with the theory that man has and is getting dumber not smarter. This definitely seems true at least in some aspects.
Uh...no.
As Chico might say, why a duck?
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