ShadesOfMe wrote:
sebbs wrote:
slowmutant wrote:
For crying out loud, what is the Neanderthal Theory?
boys, girls, gather around the camp fire and let me tell you a story.
http://www.rdos.net/eng/asperger.htmhave fun.
Thanks. I'll have to read through it, but I am NOT a neanderthal. Could neanderthals even mate with other humans?
It's possible in theory yes, but still a very hotly debated topic. Some think that neanderthal was sub species of humans while others think that it was a completely different species. I'm not so though. I find all of what little evidence there is very confusing. The fossil record with neanderthals is very patchy at best with only a few parts of skulls and bones scattered around. Complete skeletons are rare.
I'm a little skeptical about this theory because it does almost sound like "blame the neanderthal". In reality, I believe that we may have a little bit of neanderthal in all of us and any supposedly "good" and "bad" attributes probably existed on both human and neanderthal sides. I think that the truth, as with all things in nature, may be rather complicated and messy.