KennyR wrote:
Still, it puts serious doubt on the Neanderthal theory.
People are getting to pseudo-scientific about something with too little supporting evidence. That guy has a round head - must come from neanderthals. Blue eyes, red hair - must come from Neaderthals (even when there's nothing to say Neanderthals had these attributes!). Stocky body shape - neanderthal.
How can people say these things when all they have to look at are fossilised bones?
Although evidence suggests that we as modern humans have no Neanderthal DNA, it is hard to over look the fact that we share a lot of physical characteristics with them.
Either cromagnon man evolved similar characteristics to the Neanderthals, due to the two human species competing the European Environment... or we are infact a hybrid of the two.
Given the Human desire to stick it's genitals into any thing that moves (or stick things into it's genitals depending upon sex)... I would bet that we are a cross breed.
-Edit- Does this look like a Neanderthal brain to you? :-D
-Edit2- From the link below I have found that The "DNA Evidence" taken from the Neanderthal man was Mitochondrial, this is passed down the Female line only. Which means that A Male Neanderthal could have mated with a Female Cromagnon, to produce a Hybrid with not Neanderthal Mitochondrial DNA... it's possible...
Nice Human species link for those interested
