Posted: Nov 16, 2010 5:16 pm
Well that is a bit like proposing Adam and Eve were the common ancestor, which of course some do.
But back to the topic at hand, I don't believe it would be correct to assume all the other homo species, or the ‘locals’ I call them, were identical. Species aren't identical in animal variants when geographically spread out, you only have to look at the Galápagos Islands to know this, so why would they be identical for all the pre sapiens homo communities? If they cross mated with sapiens then there would be multiregional variance.
I’m not stating they did successfully reproduce, that is well beyond my pay grade, but some scientists seem to be suggesting it happened so I keep an open mind on that possibility for now.
But back to the topic at hand, I don't believe it would be correct to assume all the other homo species, or the ‘locals’ I call them, were identical. Species aren't identical in animal variants when geographically spread out, you only have to look at the Galápagos Islands to know this, so why would they be identical for all the pre sapiens homo communities? If they cross mated with sapiens then there would be multiregional variance.
I’m not stating they did successfully reproduce, that is well beyond my pay grade, but some scientists seem to be suggesting it happened so I keep an open mind on that possibility for now.