You asked: Where do Neandethals fit within this graphic."
That begs the question that the graphic is accurate.
While I compliment your semantically correct use of "begs the question", actually it doesn't, because a valid answer could logically be that Neanderthals don't fit in the graphic despite being portrayed in it. Especially, there was no demand that you swallow anything, which was your original claim.
Of course you could have said that Neanderthals don't fit in the Chris Stringer graphic because you feel that it doesn't quite show the range of Neanderthal movement Eastwards, or that it doesn't have much detail about what is known about the reproductive interaction between H.sapiens and H.neanderthanensis. Or you could have said that the first diagram seems to really downplay the Eastward movement, might have the divergence of Neanderthals from H.heidelbergensis a bit off on the timeline, or seems to ignore H.floresiensis completely. Or you could have said that you, Stripe, have personally discovered Neanderthal remains between volcanic layers that have been dated to 5 million years ago and so the diagram could be upside down for any accuracy it might have.
But you made no valid challenge at all. You claim I am begging questions, but you are asserting baldly. That is all you ever have. You have no love of this; your voice is the clanging bell of Saul of Tarsus's writings to the Corinthians.
Stuu: If you knew anything about science you would know that this is a cue for you to present a disproof.
Nope. It just requires me to show how your question hid a fallacy.
Even if you could show that I had baldly asserted nonsense about H. erectus, that would still not disprove the part about H.neanderthalensis. That would be you committing the logical fallacy of composition. You bang on about evidence. That is what a scientific disproof requires. Where is yours?
Stuu: Please tell me how you have challenged the legitimacy of the diagrams.
Please tell me how you have challenged the legitimacy of the diagrams. Perhaps avoid the logical fallacy of bald assertion. Or are you happy that, because you have baldly asserted and so been logically fallacious, therefore all of what you said is disproved?
Stuart