Golly, you two do make my point well. <GRIN> -- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" -----------------------------------
Bob W wrote: > 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 reference outdated texts to find them classified as Homo 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
