Re: _Homo sapiens neanderthalensis_

BP Jonsson scripsit:

> I thought _Homo sapiens neanderthalensis_ was rather non-controversial now,
> but maybe it has degrees, like Sapir-Whorf.
It will always be controversial, since the direct test cannot be applied.  :-)
But we have recovered some Neandertal mitochondrial DNA, and the latest
study shows it well outside the range of extant _H. sapiens_;
in particular, the N. DNA is equally distant from all modern groups.
If we were interfertile, Europeans would be expected to be closer to
N. than other human groups.  Reference: Nature 2000;404:490-493.

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