if he had done any research whatsoever, he would know that neanderthal is on an entirely different branch of the evolutionary tree than homo sapiens and is not claimed to be a direct predecessor of man.
I'm just a geologist, but I believe things are believed to be not that clear cut. I think at least some think there was some neanderthal/Homo sapiens interbreeding.
There has been a fair number of neanderthal topics including:
Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon - 48 messages.
Neanderthals - 159 messages.
Java Man, Neanderthal Man, Piltdown Man??? - 52 messages.
Neandertal Place in Human Origins - 7 messages.
All in the Family - Guest star: Neanderthal - 87 messages.
I suspect the first one might be the best as it was started by Mammuthus, but I suspect there's also lots of good stuff in the others.
Moose
Edited by Minnemooseus, : Change "interbreading" to "interbreeding". I'll keep bakery considerations out of this topic.
Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
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