According to most paleoanthropologists, Homo heidelbergensis gave rise to modern humans in
Africa and Neandertals in Europe.
Homo heidelbergensis is the species name now given to a range of specimens from about 800,000 years ago to the appearance of anatomically modern Homo sapiens (the species to which we all belong).
neandrathal man covered the entire continent of europe, but homo sapians started in africa and
wandered to europe and it had been assumed that neandrathals went extincet as homo sapians spread throughout europe because homo sapians dominated the land. they were smarter, had better tools, and gradually neanderthals simply died out.
recent finds have shown neanderthal genes with homo sapian genes in a bone discovered that had been preserved enough to extract dna, because it was in a cave, covered with other bones in ideal conditions.
that means that neanderthals and homo sapiens interbred. why wouldn't they. they were all filthy
smelly creatures, one difference being the neanderthal had shorter legs then the homo sapians causing them to walk bent to maintain their balance and since they were like all other mammals, when a female was in "season" she emited a smell to atrract males and neandrethal women would have attracted both neanderthal men as well as homo sapian men.
the result was that the neanderthal did not go extinct, they simply were assimilated by the society
of ever increasing homo sapians who still had the genes of neanderthal man.
dna testing of republicans would probably show they have more neanderthal genes then democrats.
they just look like every other homo sapians
except governer jindal looks more neandrathal and does bend a little when he walks.
