On Thu, 16 Jul 1998 19:37:46 -0700, Ray Audette <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >The relationship between Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons is still being >hotly debated. Recent DNA studies have sugested that modern men ><snip> >A similar animal anology exists that may preclude such claims. >Anatomical dogs first appear in the fossil record about 12,000 years ago. >DNA studies show than they began to split off from wolves about 120,000 >years ago. Hey Ray, what are you going to imply with your wolf's-story? That some humans still bear neanderthal-genes? DNA-Analysis shows clearly that last common anchestors died 120000 years ago. Neanderthal skeletons are easyly distinguished from cro-magnons by many signs (not by br ain size, theirs was bigger... ). Take it as a fact, their story did not continue, if you leave out, maybe Arnold Schwarzenegger (just a joke). So if you book-title is Neanderthin.... it's still a great title - let them remain extinct. ><snipsnip> >One man with dogs can still >out hunt 20 without (or a wolf pack), perhaps some speculate,leading to >the Pleistocene extinctions which led to the Neolithic Revolution! And one !Kung woman (or man) collecting nuts can out-gather her hunting relatives in an hour.... Neanderthal extinction was 33000BC, Neolithic Revolution was 10000BC, simply after climate allowed it. I can't see a connection. It were the same people - CroMagnon. >Ray Audette (who considers Falconry to be a daily totemic religious >ritual) >Author "NeanderThin:A Caveman's Guide to Nutrition" regards Amadeus Schmid t (who likes falcons but is not into falconry) Not yet an Author