You're right. It's out of date. 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: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> >> FYI, Neanderthals are currently classified as homo sapiens. >> You have to >> reference outdated texts to find them classified as Homo >> Neanderthalis (sp). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
