From a viewpoint of pure logic that simply is not possible. The neanderthal has been ruled out as a human ancestor precisely because the genetic gulf is too wide and all other hominids are more remote from us than the neanderthal. No hominid MORE remote than the neanderthal could plausibly be an ancestor to modern man; you'd need a hominid LESS remote.
Not so; modern humans are descended from archaic humans, and before that from various Homo sp. and Australopithecus. Somewhere late in the erectus stage the lines split, putting modern humans and Neanderthals on different paths.
I explained this to you back on December 10, 2007 by the way. Here is a brief graphic that might help.
From a viewpoint of pure logic that simply is not possible. The neanderthal has been ruled out as a human ancestor precisely because the genetic gulf is too wide and all other hominids are more remote from us than the neanderthal. No hominid MORE remote than the neanderthal could plausibly be an ancestor to modern man; you'd need a hominid LESS remote.Gee, that makes sense. What you're saying is that the COMMON ANCESTOR would have to be YOUNGER than the DESCENDANT. You're really running rings around me.