The most recent book I have about Neandertals is dated 1999, so it's too early for some of the most recent findings, but right at the beginning it makes it quite clear that the classification is disputed (H. sapiens neanderthalensis or H. neanderthalensis).
The Natural History Museum classifies them as Homo neanderthalensis, as does the American Museum of Natural History. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2006/november/news_10013.html http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/humanorigins/history/neander thals2.php Most of the recent genetic evidence seems to show that they were not a subspecies of H. sapiens, but a distinct species. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bob Blakely > Sent: 13 June 2007 23:53 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted > > FYI, Neanderthals are currently classified as homo sapiens. > You have to > reference outdated texts to find them classified as Homo > Neanderthalis (sp). > > Regards, > Bob Blakely > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------- > "A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, > and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes." > - Robert Frost > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > It is not even proven that Neanderthals were a separate > species. They were > > almost certainly tool using culture, although there are a few > > anthropologists still arguing against that. > >> > >> AFAIK, there's been some claims that the neanderthals were > displaced > >> by H. sapiens precisely because the latter had more creative and > >> inventive brains, but also AFAIK, it's not very well substantiated. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
