Re: _Homo sapiens neanderthalensis_
| From: | <bjm10@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 1, 2000, 18:41 |
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On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, BP Jonsson wrote:
> At 18:20 27.4.2000 -0400, bjm10@CORNELL.EDU wrote:
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> >I had a biology prof. who adhered to the "Basques are Neanderthal
> >survivors" theory. Of course, he was also in the _Homo sapiens
> >neanderthalensis_ camp.
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> I thought _Homo sapiens neanderthalensis_ was rather non-controversial now,
> but maybe it has degrees, like Sapir-Whorf.
Yup. Likewise, there are the various "out of Africa" things. There's
the popularized "Macho War Against the Neanderthals". There's the "Happy
Lovefest" at the other extreme. There are likewise gradations in between.