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quaker bill

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6. There was not alot of tourism back then
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 06:15 AM
Mar 2013

Genetic drift might well have been infrequent and constricted to fairly small ranges. There could also have been social barriers, hard to fathom, but possible. Distance could serve as a physical barrier, as well as terrain over that distance. I would guess that any terrain that offered little opportunity for hunting or gathering for a distance would have been close to impenetrable.

Here's a disconcerting music video to accompany the discovery.... MADem Mar 2013 #1
So do I take that the Italians were rascals even back then. dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #2
I thought this story was about Dick Cheney. Oh well. freshwest Mar 2013 #3
How is this even possible? Loudly Mar 2013 #4
There was not alot of tourism back then quaker bill Mar 2013 #6
Social barriers. Secretly wanting to get some of that Neanderthal action. Loudly Mar 2013 #8
Are social barriers what led the author to assume iemitsu Mar 2013 #14
things you should know about these people roguevalley Mar 2013 #18
I agree that thhe popular notion of just who the Neanderthals iemitsu Mar 2013 #19
That was a lovely and empassioned defense of their memory. Moving to read. Loudly Mar 2013 #20
The future DNA tests on the bones Ichingcarpenter Mar 2013 #7
How is it NOT possible? hmmm? eShirl Mar 2013 #10
Our paleo-racist ancestors did a good job protecting our womenfolk tclambert Mar 2013 #12
It likely was a continuous process Warpy Mar 2013 #16
Simple Glassunion Apr 2013 #22
Republicans interbreeded with Neanderthals? ReRe Mar 2013 #5
Neanderthals cared for their sick and honored their dead Warpy Mar 2013 #17
So disappointed it's not Trump or any useless GOP like McConnell or Boehner. jybarz Mar 2013 #9
Ayla's firstborn! eShirl Mar 2013 #11
Did she ever write the final book? libodem Mar 2013 #15
Already discovered The Wizard Mar 2013 #13
I thought they'd already found him! (His name is Rush Limbaugh......) AverageJoe90 Apr 2013 #21
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