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From: "David Campbell" <bivalve@email.unc.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 2:46 AM
> The relationship between interbreeding and genetic relationship is
complex.
> Recent studies on birds have suggested that some of the forms that produce
> viable hybrids are less closely related than species not known to
hybridize.
> Two factors are involved. On the one hand, very distantly related species
are
> more likely to have genetic differences or possibly even physical
differences
> that prevent viable mating. On the other hand, very close but
non-conspecific
> relatives are most likely to be mistaken for potential mates and thus
provide
> the greatest evolutionary incentive for developing barriers to
reproduction.
Of course this doesn't address the morphological evidence in the skeletons
of early modern humans for innumerable and continued matings between
Neanderthals and modern humans. Here are the frequencies of the H-O
mandibular foramen.
European H-O Normal
Foramen Foramen
% %
Neanderthal 53 47
African Eves 0 100
Skhul/Qafzeh 0 100
Early U. Paleolithic 18 82
Late U. Paleolithic 7 93
Mesolithic 2 98
Medieval Europeans 1 99
~ David W. Frayer, "Evolution at the European Edge: Neanderthal and Upper
Paleolithic Relationships," Prehistoire Europeenne, 2:9-69, Table 7, p. 31
Notice that the African Eves and Skhul/Qafzeh, who are believed to be the
ancestors of the early modern humans have no cases of the H-O form of the
mandibular mandible. Upton their entry to Europe they miraculously acquire
this trait and it then decreases with time. I would ask the group, what
form of genetic inheritance is based upon being in Europe? This is strong
evidence of inbreeding and then gene swamping.
glenn
Foundation, Fall and Flood
Adam, Apes and Anthropology
http://www.flash.net/~mortongr/dmd.htm
Lots of information on creation/evolution
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