Talk:Neanderthal interaction with Cro-Magnons

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Some recent genetic research has pointed toward the possibility that the gene responsible for red-hair and freckles in modern Europeans had Neanderthal origins

Sources for this?

I, too, would be interested in knowing where this came from. It sounds too much to me like something you would say if you wanted to tease a redhead or a freckly person. --Hazey Jane 22:50, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

this bbc article talks about neandertal's and red hair. It says it's not likely that the gene in humans came from neandertals [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2975862.stm ]

Had they rufosity or not, it's quite unlikely that we inherited anything from Neanderthals, as they weren't our ancestors. --Anshelm '77 03:38, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Don't be so sure! As with almost anything in human evolutionary studies, this idea is always in flux. For example, see the recent discussion of possible genes "shared" in some way by Neandertals and "our ancestors" [1]. GwenW 04:45, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Typo in title?

The title has "Neandertals", but the article has "Neanderthals" (notice the H missing in the title). How does one rename articles? --142.239.254.20 08:49, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Title is ok, both spellings are accepted (see Neandertals) --193.206.170.151 23:50, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

but shouldn't it be spelled the same throughout the article? Mapetite526 20:18, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Homo heidelbergensis

If Homo heidelbergensis is the ancestor of Homo neanderthalensis, then it's very unlikely that it's the ancestor of modern man too. Homo heidelbergensis was found in Europe. Modern man (Homo sapiens) is now believed to have evolved in Africa and since have come to Europe in a second wave. Wikiklaas 00:06, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References

hi, many (English) references are now available on fr:Homme de Néandertal. -- 120


[edit] new data from Gibraltar

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060913.wneanAM0913/BNStory/Science/home

Neandertals have been around up to 24,000 years ago, longer than was thought ebfore.--Sonjaaa 19:14, 13 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Rapid Extinction

The counter argument to Diamond's genocide/disease hypothesis provides no source and sounds suspiciously like a wikieditors opinion of Diamond argument. This needs to be sourced with a notable commentary who has criticised Diamond in order to avoid being chopped out of the article. Ashmoo 03:40, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Weirdoinventor edits

Can someone check User:Weirdoinventor's contributions to this article? Most of it (if not all of it) are not encyclopedic, and needs to be removed, or, if it is salvageable, needs to be wikified. --Carioca 04:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

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