Neanderthals getting a bit of homo sapien

An interesting bit of information:

A 35,000-year-old skull found in a cave in Romania includes features of both modern humans and Neanderthals, possibly suggesting that the two may have interbred thousands of years ago, according to a published report.

Neanderthals were replaced by early modern humans. Researchers have long debated whether the two groups mixed together, though most doubt it.

The last evidence for Neanderthals dates from at least 24,000 years ago.

The skull has both older and modern characteristics. It is discussed in a paper by Erik Trinkaus, of Washington University, St. Louis.

The report appears in today's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Cool. And the abstract is here. It's a detailed study of, you know, a piece of real evidence.

Of course there are those who would have you believe that there is no way this could be possible. After all, the earth is only 6000 years old. Here's the proof. It's a cobbling together of fables, some grade 4 arithmetic and is a study based on superstition which says a man lived for 930 years. We know that despite the fact that not one shred of physical evidence exists to support that theory.

You know, I believe Neanderthals may have passed on some of their genes.