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Then Neanderthals were the same species as we are?
by emteycz 6y ago
Then Neanderthals were the same species as we are?
- danans 6y agoI believe that this is the scientific consensus, since we harbor Neanderthal DNA resulting from intermixing.
- emteycz 6y agoI don't think this makes sense. If Neanderthals are the same species then there wasn't any mixing, it was just regular procreation. If there was mixing then Neanderthals necessarily were other species.
- danans 6y agoI didn't claim they were a different species. There were more likely a long isolated subspecies still genetically capable of reproducing with cromagnons, which is evident by the presence of their genes in modern humans. And they aren't the only examples of that, either (i.e consider Denisovans)