> Gary Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> <snip creationist propaganda>
<grin> Now I'll have to go back and check for that -
> > "Indeed, Neanderthal skeletons resemble cretins
far
> >> more closely than they resemble healthy modern
> >> humans," Dobson wrote in the journal article.
> >> "Conversely, cretin skeletons resemble
> Neanderthals
> >> more closely than they resemble healthy modern
> > humans..."
> > Sorry but no. They have sequenced the
> mitochondrial DNA from at least 3
> > specimens. They weren't human. Period.
I didn't know that about the DNA. Have to read that
sometime.
> I will add this is another case of a scientist
> wandering outside his
> field. He has no training in biology, medicine or
> anthropology.
I believe I *did* say that his opinions were
controversial, and the article certainly made clear
that he wasn't a biologist -- I still thought it was
fun! Perhaps I should have written what it made me
think of: a short story or article about how vampires
are the result of a viral infection... :)
Debbi
Needs To Make Her Humor More Obvious Maru
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