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They were different species and any argument to the contrary rests on adherence to a rigid definition of species not even accepted by all biologists, let alone anthropologists.

>there's scant evidence humans from either denomination would even treat each other differently.

Are we supposed to believe it was a big egalitarian paradise?

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>They were different species and any argument to the contrary rests on adherence to a rigid definition of species not even accepted by all biologists, let alone anthropologists.

There is no single definition of species. People who study bacteria have their own, so do people who study plants, birds, insects, and so on. Sure, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens sapiens, who coexisted and interbred in the same ecosystems, are different species. Whatever that means.

>Are we supposed to believe it was a big egalitarian paradise?

Lol what does that have to do with what I said?

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