We are part of Cave people.

That is interesting. It makes a lot more sense than just thinking Neanderthals disappeared without a trace.
 
souggy said:
Saw that a few days ago on "Paleontology in the News."

Neanderthals may have interbred with humans : Nature News
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Yeah. A quite interesting theory.

To answer the question about Darwin...he was all about natural adaptation. Interbreeding to insure survival could easily be seen as natural adaptation, so it doesn't conflict with Darwin at all.

(I know you didn't ask the question, Souggy! I'm jsut being lazy in my repsonses!)
 
jillio said:
Yeah. A quite interesting theory.

To answer the question about Darwin...he was all about natural adaptation. Interbreeding to insure survival could easily be seen as natural adaptation, so it doesn't conflict with Darwin at all.

(I know you didn't ask the question, Souggy! I'm jsut being lazy in my repsonses!)
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Speaking of which... this showed up today on "Paleontology in the News."

All Species Evolved From Single Cell, Study Finds

Life on Earth Arose Just Once | Wired Science | Wired.com

Please note that it doesn't disprove creationism; it only saying that the math says it's highly unlikely that the fundamentalists' explanation would occur. So please try not to incite any religious debates. The math didn't say it's impossible for the theories to be wrong, just how likely or unlikely they would take place.
 
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