I personally beleive we came from adam and eve.Neandrthals?wtf?!help!
2007-03-06 08:19:52 · 1 answers · asked by celeste 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Modern humans are defined as Homo sapiens sapiens (the second "sapiens" is the sub-species). Neanderthals are classified as Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis (the sub-species is neanderthalensis). This classification was made because many believe that modern humans and neanderthals were able to interbreed-- and so classified as the same species-- two types of humans.
While "homo" does mean "man--mankind", recent mitochondrial DNA evidence suggests that neanderthals were not that closely related-- you may want to bring this to your teacher's attention. The details can be found on the website below. Neanderthals may now just be considered to be a pre-cursor to modern man or a side-branch (like different species of squirrels, so to speak)
2007-03-06 14:15:03 · answer #1 · answered by Sci Nerd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋