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It's pretty much impossible to prove or disprove anything.

I could post pictures of me naked and you will see ye olde wooly mammoth!


Yes, I am really that hairy.

Yes, this is a joke.



maybe. . . .

But we can argue on what is more probable. I think it is highly probable that 2+2=4, and that it is highly improbable that 2+2=5.

look, you only need to go into any shopping mall (shudder) on a saturday to see that we don't NEED to clone neanderthals. or even australopithecuses (australopitheci?).

i think it's incredibly probable that i shall be wandering off to get a cup of tea and a fag very shortly.

Peter said:

Actually, I have been reading up on paleoanthropology more of late and scientists are coming round to a different conclusion.



This quote I took from: http://www.esimpletech.com/origins/news ... ews_id=168

And I think most modern paleoanthropologists no longer refer to the Neaderthals as a subset of our own species; thus they are more commonly called these days simply Homo neanderthalis.

Psychlone said:


I have heard a couple Creationists claim that all of these other species in the Hominid family contain no more physical diversity amongst them than do humans today. Thus, these Hominid fossils are simply older Homo sapiens. I've also witnessed many of those same Creationists poo-pooing carbon dating and its accuracy.

Excuses, excuses, excuses. "Why do you doubt the evidence of your own eyes???"

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Thus why we have theories rather than dogma.



I've not read much of late or ever devoted an abnormal (for me) amount of time to it, but last I heard, the experts were divided.



Eventually, a tough bunch of facts will get together and rough up one or both of the theories to make space for something new (probably, but not necessarily incorporating one or both of the theories being discussed). I like the theory of neanderthal interbreeding for the rather startling implications it would have if it became widely accepted over the alternatives, but it's just one of a bunch of possibilities and a fondness for a theory doesn't make it more sound. It's a sufficiently weak theory at the moment that the next batch of evidence could fairly easily kill it, and evidence in it's favour of similar magnitude would only make it marginally more safe.



Again, I must be out of date or mistaken. Last time I checked, the argument was still pretty hot. Do you have any links for me to see what the latest info is?

I think that everytime I see a picture of John Rhys-Davies...

What they should do:
For all who are desperate to kill, clone a couple of neanderthals and let them fight the psychopaths.

Or instead, a huge rage in the cage with Bas RUtten kicking a neanderthal.

LOL He even looks neanderthal without make-up!

Oh well. At least he is not trying to eat you!

LOL

That dwarf is annoying me.

[eliza]Do you often feel this way about dwarves?[/eliza]

No. I just get annoyed about that dwarf. He is just sitting there, and I do believe that he has a loaf of bread near which I want.

Peter, I'll have to look around a bit more for some additional info on the whole Neanderthal controversy. There are some good articles on Neanderthals on the main site that that article is listed on:

http://www.esimpletech.com/origins/index2.asp

But I will be looking for additional info so we can ALL get a good idea what the hubbub is all about atm. Meaning, I read articles, but I'm no paleoanthropologist! LOL. So. I look some more.

Here is another good site and I will see if this site can in fact provide some info on the Neanderthal debate. But as yet, I will simply post the link:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/07/

Enjoy, and I will keep searching.

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