On Tue, 3 Oct 95 12:32:12 MDT you wrote:
SJAlso, I read somewhere recently that Neanderthal Man and Cro-Magnon
>man (H. sapiens) overlapped? The Neandertal traits in archaic
>H.sapiens would perhaps be evidence of that, ie. interbreeding?
JF>Yes, they are thought to have lived simultaneously in the Middle
East
>for over 50,000 years. If they were able to do this and still maintain
>their differences, it would count as evidence for their being different
>species.
[...]
JF>The Neandertal traits in some archaic H.sapiens are more usually
>considered to be evidence of something evolving towards Neandertal-ness,
>rather than of interbreeding.
Thanks.
God bless.
Stephen
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