[medved]

Most anthropologists believe that Homo erectus -- the species that is said to bear the first recognizable human characteristics -- emerged nearly 2 million years ago in Africa and spread across several continents to serve as an ancestor to modern man, or Homo sapiens.

That's really calling anthropologists some stupid suckers. Recent DNA studies have determined that the neanderthal cannot be an ancestor of modern man because the genetic divide is simply too great and erectus is quite obviously more distant from modern man than the neanderthal was, and I mean a LOT more distant. That's like claiming that man can't be descended from apes, therefore he must be descended directly from fish.

[RoughDobermann]

Interesting. Where did they get the DNA?

[oldcats]

Hey med...was wondering when you were gonna join in.
Oldcats

[Lurking Libertarian]

Recent DNA studies have determined that the neanderthal cannot be an ancestor of modern man because the genetic divide is simply too great

Do you have a link or citation to any such "recent DNA study"?

[oldcats]

Would DNA that old be subject to degradation? So therefor would not give accurate/verifiable results.
Nice try though
Oldcats