Yes, as I'm sure the Left will soon be suggestiing, somewhere along the line we jumped the stone wall and did Mama wrong in the vine garden. Beat the hell out of our more pure cousins, too, no doubt. Ha!
WASHINGTON - A skull found in a cave in Romania includes features of both modern humans and Neanderthals, possibly suggesting that the two may have interbred thousands of years ago.
Count those chromosomes... they may have been doing the nasty but they weren't producing any offspring.
Posted by: DANEgerus | Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 12:40 PM
The subject of Cro Magnon supersession of Neanderthals was kicked around pretty good at...I think, over at Wretchards a long while back.
The Neanderthals were bigger by degrees, and seem to have coexisted with Cro Magnon, who were smaller but, we suspect, much smarter.
They might have interbred, but "we" seem to be in a direct line from Cro Magnon, while the Neanderthals disappeared. Nowadays the occasional example of Neanderthal genetic stupidity shows up in guys like Chris Matthews, Keith Olberman, Edward Kennedy and Dan Rather. We can't even explain Chris Dodd.
Posted by: Rhod | Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 02:40 PM
I thought you flat-earth Fox News watchers didnt believe in evolution? Stay the course, asshats.
Posted by: Artie | Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 09:00 PM
Brilliant commentary, Artie. You're proof of it. One of the transitional forms between simian and Homo Sapiens. Someone taught you to use simple words, too.
Posted by: Rhod | Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 06:08 AM
The asshat can't even spell his name.
Posted by: LaughingGas | Thursday, January 18, 2007 at 11:17 AM