If the splitters are correct __________.
A) H. heidelbergensis was an ancestor of H. neandertalensis
B) Neandertals and archaic H. sapiens were all part of one potentially interbreeding species
C) Neandertals and modern H. sapiens are the same species
D) all of these

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Splitters tend to classify species more distinctly, suggesting that H. heidelbergensis was a separate ancestor of H. neandertalensis, rather than grouping Neandertals and archaic H. sapiens or Neandertals and modern H. sapiens as the same species.

If the Splitters Are Correct __________