Even as simple a search as Wikopedia shows that all this is still very much in dispute. The final argument seems to be that one side claims there was interbreeding and the other side says that was impossible because of DNA evidence, to which the other replies the samples were inadequate to prove anything. If you have something more definitive, I would like to know the source, Bob.
-- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Bob Blakely wrote: > 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 It's out of date.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 reference outdated texts to find them classified as Homo 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
