Isn't this issue something that
can be settled with DNA evidence?
DNA seems to suggest that we are not related to Neanderthals, although it
can not prove that some genetic interchange may not have taken place,
that could have been later swamped by our own inheritance.
I also don't understand why it
seems unlikely that a large highly mobile and highly adaptable organism
like Homo sapiens could not become globally distributed after
originating from a single population of H. erectus.
Please provide a reference where the multi-origins evidence is
presented.
Evidence is a strong workd, but look for anything by Milford Wolfpoff,
look at biomed or google scholar.
Regards,
Ana C. Pinto
Institute of Human Origins
Arizona State University
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Ana C. Pinto
Llona
acpinto@las.es
http://www.accuca.conectia.es
http://www.becominghuman.org
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/us_gaita_asturiana
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