Re: Introducing myself, and several questions

Quoting Sally Caves <scaves@...>:

> Not sure I am convinced that these features can only be assigned to
> Neanderthals or Homo Erectus.  They seem to suggest a regression rather than
> a lack of development.   And who really knows how cognitively developed the
> Neanderthals were?  BTW, latest Scientific American has an article on the
> "hobbits" of Flores again.  We talked about that last year.  It seems that
> homo sapiens can go through quite a number of physical and mental
> adaptations at the group level--given circumstances.
I've not read the SciAm article, but it seems to be generally thought that
floresiensis was an erectus offshoot, not a sapiens one.

                                                    Andreas

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