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I have no doubt that some people try to construct racist theories from it all
They do; I've seen this increasingly showing up online. The theory seems to be that the earlier migrants were smarter and evolved more when separate from the bulk of humanity. Since there's been more Neanderthal DNA found in populations outside Africa, this is then used to argue for African inferiority.
I look forward to reading your book.
@t-v Von Daniken wrote books. People don't have to write their own books to refute the arguments.
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People don't have to write their own books to refute the arguments.
Thank you, I am aware. I think you are also aware that effective refutation usually involves some reference to research, or secondary sources? I think anyone who has read a bit in this space knows there is an active debate among expert practitioners over whether Neanderthal populations were replaced or assimilated by Homo Sapiens. I also think Slimak's contribution deserves respect, not least because he has spent countless difficult hours digging to try and enrich our understanding. Not to say that makes his view definitive.
t-v
The evidence as to 'Neanderthal' skin colour is inconclusive at best:
Neandertal genes have little to do with the variation that we see among people today.
https://johnhawks.net/weblog/what-color-were-neandertals/
I have no doubt that some people try to construct racist theories from it all, but I think the main way in which they have been used in the past has been as 'primitive' compared to us incredibly sophisticated (not) modern humans. That's not to deny that archaeology has been used to make racist points in the past, e.g. the supposed lack of major realms in sub-Saharan Africa in the past, which supposedly pointed to European superiority (both bollocks, of course). The best way of characterising these past 'scientific' points of view on Africa is as ignorance. :)
By the way, 'Neanderthal' genes do have traces in African populations, just not as strongly as in Europe, pointing to more outward than return migration.