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Anthropology

stopdiggin

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2. correct

Reply to greyl (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 22, 2019, 02:04 AM

Oct 2019

subspecies is probably the best description. Clear (although in this case arguably slight) differences in morphology (most often arising out of isolated populations) that are also able to produce offspring when paired. As the two groups obviously did with a percentage of remnant Neandertal DNA found in the majority of human (sapiens, sapiens) populations today.

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Should be "Why Neanderthal Humans Could Outsprint Modern Humans", greyl Oct 2019 #1

correct stopdiggin Oct 2019 #2

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