Cast your Vote Evolutionists

"Please respond yes or no". You have got to be kidding! Paleontologists and geneticists are still trying to figure out if Neanderthals were of the same species as Homo-sapiens. There's still a question open if Neandertals and Cro-Magnons interbred and produced a few modern europeans. I would 'lean' in the direction of saying no to your obviously black+white, either-or, yes-no question, because of the anatomical differences between early sapiens and neandertals, but the scientists are still looking for more fossils, signs of human culture, and interbreeding.
I think there are a few statements scientists make when trying to answer questions like the one you posted here. 1. The data is'nt all in yet, and 2. Wait and see.
I believe Science has only one field in which the researcher can absolutely say yes or no to a question. It's Mathematics.

Yea, it's true they were not "just like" modern humans or the Cro-Magnons who lived contemporaniously with them. There are still ?'s about how they died out, if they had kids with our ancestors, and to what degree they borrowed from early H. sapien culture and became more advanced in their own material culture. It would be really fascinating though if scientists determined that there people are alive today with even a very few Neanderthal herditary traits.

OK, I didn't get higher than trigonometry, but my point was that a mathematical equation, in theory should have a proof, and either 2+2=4 or it doesn't. Why? 4-2=2! In theory there should be a proof equation for all mathematical statements, even the abstract ones of Godel's theorem. Yes or No, 0/1. The rest of Science is not like that.

Ok, I'll agree with that. Mathematics doesn't have answers to all of it's problems.(After having read about Godel's theorem for the ninth time).[This message has been edited by Prozacman, 10-30-2003][This message has been edited by Prozacman, 10-30-2003]

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