It seems to be beyond doubt that cromagnons and neanderthals never interbred. The DNA comparison of both species seems to prove it. Can somebody "popularize" a little bit the explanation?
2006-06-13 16:45:14 · 3 answers · asked by heidelbergensis 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Science has found that while not impossible for the two species to have sex, they were too different to reproduce- it was impossible for a egg of one and a sperm of another to come together and become an embryo.
2006-06-13 16:50:30 · answer #1 · answered by Heather 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they never interbred, interbreeding would be if they were the same species and they bred with each other. you are thinking about "crossbreeding" but they never "crossbred" either. in fact they never existed at the same time. one evolved from the other, evolution is not crossbreeding. it is one species "evolving" into another because of an outside factor. e.g. change in temperature or landscape of their environment. or a change to a different environment altogether where they would have to adapt to their new surroundings.
2006-06-13 23:54:00 · answer #2 · answered by supervlv255 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neanderthals didn't think homosapiens were hot!
2006-06-20 18:58:20 · answer #3 · answered by sierrayoyo 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋