---------- From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Further links, including to the articles footnoted, are at the bottom of the site page.
<snip creationist propaganda> "Indeed, Neanderthal skeletons resemble cretins far more closely than they resemble healthy modern humans," Dobson wrote in the journal article. "Conversely, cretin skeletons resemble Neanderthals more closely than they resemble healthy modern humans..." ---- Sorry but no. They have sequenced the mitochondrial DNA from at least 3 specimens. They weren't human. Period. Also over long periods of time selection would eliminate the need for iodine in iodine deficient populations, in the same way at least 3 separate high altitude human populations independently evolved 3 separate adaptations to make up for reduced oxygen.
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