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Old 24-05-2009, 01:03 PM
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Ohh now we are talking my talk. Postgrad Quals in Palaeoanthropology has me very interested in this. latest thinking is that Neaderthals were bred out by us. They were not a seperate species as such, as interbreeding was possible. An interesting point is that up until the arrival of Homo sapiens, sapiens (modern man) on the scene there were always at least two seperate populations of Homo or Australapithecene if you go back far enough. We are alone on this earth for the first time.
The new species is certainly a very interesting creature but i think they are drawing a long bow by calling it the 'missing link'. Time will tell, it always does.
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