A Neanderthal child with Down's syndrome survived until at least the age of six, according to a new study whose findings hint at compassionate caregiving among the extinct, archaic human species. read more
The Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected a state contract to open the nation's first public religious charter school in a lopsided ruling that's unlikely to be the final word in a long legal fight. read more
#10
From a Smithsonian site (humanorigins.si.edu(separate%20species).)
Both fossil and genetic evidence indicate that Neanderthals and modern humans (---- sapiens) evolved from a common ancestor between 700,000 and 300,000 years ago. Neanderthals and modern humans belong to the same genus (----) and inhabited the same geographic areas in western Asia for 30,000"50,000 years; genetic evidence indicate while they interbred with non-African modern humans, they ultimately became distinct branches of the human family tree (separate species).
Hope it was worth it, Roodles. Speaking of which: what was "it," anyway?