[SunkenCiv]

Scientists from Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology extracted DNA from the Tianyuan early modern human and compared it with genetic profiles of people living around the world. Credit: Qiaomei Fu

[Jeff Chandler]

mixed with regional groups of archaic humans – what we call Neanderthals

Laz would.

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[ZULU]

Fu who?

[relictele]

Oh, I thought you meant these:

[the_boy_who_got_lost]

http://www.icr.org/article/neanderthals-are-still-human/

People dehumanize Neanderthals in order to fit their evolution agenda. I know you can argue the same for those who believe that God created two humans and that all humans come from those two.

[null and void]

Interbreeding with viable, fertile offspring = same species.

For anyone who doubts that Neanderthalers are the same species as us, I offer exhibit A:

Don't make me pull up exhibit B (Helen Thomas)!

[To Hell With Poverty]

Pardon my ignorance, Civ, but I keep seeing the 4%-5% comparison written about. How is it possible that we supposedly share 98% of our DNA with chimps but only 4%-5% with another Homo species? Is it that we share 4-5% of the remaining 2%?

Of course, I’m of northern Euro ancestry with a bit of ginger coloring, ergo I’m just a simple caveman, not comprehending these modern theories... ;)