Quote Originally Posted by Sigurd View Post
There you go - and what is the current status in this debate? And we have DNA samples of this common ancestor which proves that both Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens are descendants of this common ancestor?
I think some of the latest would be from March this year:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/gene...enome_released

Analysis of the genome reveals that humans and Neandertals share genetic roots stretching back at least 830,000 years.
And since the article use the term Homo neanderthalensis I guess they are considered a separate species.


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