Skull suggests human-Neanderthal link

[Roon]

WASHINGTON - A skull found in a cave in Romania includes features of both modern humans and Neanderthals, possibly suggesting that the two may have interbred thousands of years ago.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16639881/

[Missy M]

1. Does the skull have any of the Bush families DNA?

[leftofthedial]

2. LOL, but it couldn't be

the article distinctly said "bred with humans"

[Missy M]

5. My mistake, I overlooked that part.....

being human is not one of the Bush family traits.

[leftofthedial]

13. not only that, but

they've never been know to breed with a human either

[Missy M]

23. You're right, I believe the Pierce family came from the...

Cro-Magnon Group.

[Swamp Rat]

6. Well, here's the proof:

:D

[madokie]

3. could it be that the human race has always been human

not evolved from any other species except human :shrug:

[ret5hd]

7. So, are you a creationist, an intelligent designer-ist, or just anti-evolution?

[madokie]

11. you make me laugh, man has always been man is what I believe

he was never a monkey, ape or anything else, always been man

[Canuckistanian]

18. Apes are the ones who should complain

They are the Marlon Brandos of the mammal kingdom. "They coulda been a contender, they coulda been SOMEBODY"

Instead, they take a second seat to us, homo sapiens.

Where they lost it is the big mystery.

[piedmont]

20. And Earth is only 6000 years old, right?

[madokie]

22. whatever

[Kerrytravelers]

25. If you truly hold these beliefs, then you should be capable of backing them up.

"Whatever" isn't a strong reason. It's a shrug off.

[madokie]

26. yes it is a shrug off. I'm not here to argue with someone about anything

You have your belief and I have mine OK. and I just told you mine

[Kerrytravelers]

29. I never mind explaining to people my beliefs.

There is no reason to be upset. I think it is a fair and reasonable thing to wonder why you completely reject the notiog of evolution.

Personally, I don't find any problem being a person of spiritual faith and a person who understands evolution.

And, if you don't want people questioning, then why respond in this thread? Clearly, you will be inviting questions.



Edited for spelling error.

[piedmont]

27. So you're not going to tell us if you're a young earth creationist?

You claimed humans were always human. I'd like to know if you think humans have been around for 4.6 billion years (the age of the Earth according to geologists) or 6000 years (the age of the Earth according to some theologians) or some other amount of time. "Whatever" is a pretty lame response to an honest attempt at discussion.

[aquart]

8. Uh, no. We're great apes. We used to be smaller.

We also crawled out of primordial ooze and became mammals. It's been a long, exhausting journey and most of the time we were not human.

But it's good to hear from a creationist on DU. Big big big tent and all.

[WindRavenX]

10. nope.

We're closely related to the great apes, and share a common ancestor.

[bluerum]

12. Of course. The trick is figuring out which holy orifice we fell from. nt

[Kerrytravelers]

17. Then how would you explain the approximately 97% of shared traits with ape?

That pretty much sealed the deal for me.

[Auggie]

4. They're still interbreeding today. Just drive down highway 880 at rush hour.

[SpiralHawk]

9. "I will have my Situational Scientists check this out." - Commander AWOL

"My darkside occult faith-based buddies are experts on Skull & Boner Cabal type shit. Smirk, smirk."

- Commander AWOL

[undeterred]

14. I've always suspected that too much alcohol plays a large role

in evolutionary leaps... the cave was probably a dimly lit nightclub. :evilgrin:

[133724]

15. Sorry to steal your sigline....

[blues90]

16. I thought for a second they were viewing bushs

X-rays

[eShirl]

19. Neanderthals were human, too

and their brains were bigger than ours.

[H2O Man]

24. True.

It is fascinating to study the evolution of the human brain. A couple of good sources are Carl Sagan's "The Dragons of Eden," and "The Search for Early Man" (National Geographic; 11-85).

This photo is of my collection of artifacts from Bed 1 of Olduvai Gorge. The approximate ages of the tools, etc are 1.75 to 1.88 million years.

"The hand is the tool that has built man's mind; it, too, can refine it." \
-- Luther Standing Bear

[Kerrytravelers]

21. Can't wait to hear the fundie thoughts on this one.

Oh wait, silly me, I said fundie thoughts. We all know that fundies don't think.

I can't wait to hear what the fundie parrot on this one.

[Philosoraptor]

28. I just KNEW it!