It's an open question whether Neanderthals and modern humans ever mated. There's evidence both ways right now. The likelihood is that Neandethals were a sibling species, offshooting from archaic Homo sapiens.
6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0 |---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------| | | | | | | | | | | A.robustus ****** | | | | | A.boisei ***********| | | | A.aethiopicus **** | | | | | | | | | | O.tugenensis * ? | | | | | | A.r.kadabba ****** | | | | | | | A.ramidus * | | | | | | A.anamensis **** | | | | | A.afarensis ********** | | | | | K.platyops * | | | | | | A.africanus *********** | | | | | A.garhi * | | | | | | | | | | | | | H.habilis ********** | | | | | | H.erectus **************** | | | | | H.antecessor * | | | | | archaic H.sapiens *****| | | | | | Neandertals **| | | | | | modern H.sapiens ** | | | | | | | |---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
Let's see the proof. Your table proves nothing. No one denies that Neanderthal is the closest species to homo sapiens. There is also absolutely no trace of "archaic homo sapiens". If there were it would have a name and the evolutionists would be shouting its existence from the rooftops. Show the evidence, right here - unless you are ashamed to show everyone what nonsense you base your claims on.