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::I am aware this was and is considered as a possibility, but as far as I am aware the eveidence would not be aligned with this hypothesis. Despite the large number if Neanderthal remains that have been found, I seem to remember there have only ever been two examples of cross breeds, and there is no evidence that these individuals would have fertile, in the absence of quarter breeds.[[User:stevendavy]] 10:07, 21 Sep 2007 (EDT)
::I am aware this was and is considered as a possibility, but as far as I am aware the eveidence would not be aligned with this hypothesis. Despite the large number if Neanderthal remains that have been found, I seem to remember there have only ever been two examples of cross breeds, and there is no evidence that these individuals would have fertile, in the absence of quarter breeds.[[User:stevendavy]] 10:07, 21 Sep 2007 (EDT)
:::By "this hypothesis", I assume that you are referring to the idea that they interbred with humans, not the second part of my post which says that they ''are'' humans.
:::You may be correct about the evidence, but it's really an argument from silence, with so little evidence to go on. Yes, there are quite a few Neanderthal fossils, but you can only tell so much from skeletal remains and there is little DNA evidence and no other evidence that's useful for determining such things. In other words, there's also not much evidence that they were ''not'' fully human.
:::[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 22:30, 20 September 2007 (EDT)
:There is an issue about the YEC diet claim, If we are to follow the YEC timeline then Humans lived in the same areas as Neanderthals at the same time so we would show a difference among all of the remains instead of a particular group. If it was based on diet and not genetics than how is what I posted above with mtDNA found in Neanderthal remains explained? Their physiology is much different than a human, not something that could come from diet (You do not get eyebrow ridges, or extra length of ribs from diet)--[[User:Tims|TimS]] 11:17, 15 May 2007 (EDT)
:There is an issue about the YEC diet claim, If we are to follow the YEC timeline then Humans lived in the same areas as Neanderthals at the same time so we would show a difference among all of the remains instead of a particular group. If it was based on diet and not genetics than how is what I posted above with mtDNA found in Neanderthal remains explained? Their physiology is much different than a human, not something that could come from diet (You do not get eyebrow ridges, or extra length of ribs from diet)--[[User:Tims|TimS]] 11:17, 15 May 2007 (EDT)