Crashj wrote:

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 03:51:13 -0400, "George" wrote:
"Derek Broughton" wrote in message
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George wrote:


"Derek Broughton" wrote in message
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Recent genetic evidence suggests that Neanderthal never interbred with
modern humans. The DNA is too dissimilar.

Yeah, I never believed it either :-)

Oh, that has been one of the standard arguments for quite some time. And
some
still hold to it. Truth be told, I don't think all of the evidence
completely eliminates the possiblity, but the DNA evidence is pretty
convincing.

Well, according to Science Daily we got close enough to catch crabs
from them.
http://snipurl.com/9kci
or head lice at least.

Yeah, caught that on "As It Happens" on the CBC last night.
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derek