Neanderthal Thread: Cave fires & rhino skull used in Neanderthal burial rituals

[grumbler]

Never happened then. A pigment of your imagination.

I did complain that the author of an English-language wiki article used the (Spanish or French, can't remember which) word "petaches" (or some word very close to that) when the term in English is "dispatch boats," but the long debate was about whether or not the Armada could have accomplished its mission in 1588.  Malthus, I believe, was the one arguing that it could not, and I argued that it could.

Sad to see HVC admitting that he is too old to remember that debate, but I guess time will catch up with all of us some day.  His admission actually clears up a number of questions that I had. 

[HVC]

But you'll at least admit I'm Canadian right?

[grumbler]

But you'll at least admit I'm Canadian right?

I'll "admit" that you are whatever you say you are.  Even if you say you are handsome. 

It's the internet.

[Eddie Teach]

Nobody would claim to be Canadian that wasn't.

[jimmy olsen]

I agree, but not everyone classifies them that way.  I've seen them classified as H. neanderthalis.  I've also seen them classified as H. sapiens, but a different sub-species, H. sapiens neanderthalis (with modern humans being H. sapiens sapiens).

Insofar as I know, H. sapiens neanderthalis is the current biological designation, and has been for a couple of decades.  Thus, they are homo sapiens, just a different subspecies than h.s.s.

This ebbed and flowed rather strongly over the last few decades as the lumpers and splitters warred, and was trending strongly in favor of seperate species until the release of the DNA evidence which was a K.O. victory for the lumpers.

[Ed Anger]

I confess:

I went back in time and exterminated the Neanderthals.