Re: Questions about Cro Magnon

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In article <3h6184$ihm@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, sigdowser@aol.com (SigDowser) writes:
>Jim
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>Can I assume from your reply that the Cro Magnons did not interbreed with
>the homo sapiens sapies before they ceased to exist in the archaeological
>record at about 10,000BCE?
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>Were homo sapien sapiens co located in southern Europe at the same time
>with Neanderthal and later Cro Magnon?
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>Who painted those caves we've been hearing about? Was it Cro Magnon or
>homo sapiens sapiens?
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>I've been confused by these interfaces for a long time, and I appreciate
>this help in getting it straight.

Well, for starters, Cro Magnons *were* Homo sapiens sapiens. They just happen
to be the most famous of the early specimens.
C.R. Cooper, Dept. of Anthropology
SUNY Albany

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