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New Evidence Debunks "Stupid" Neanderthal

Posted by timothy on from the new-yorker-redrawing-decades-of-cartoons dept.

ThinkComp writes "In what could possibly be a major blow to a scientific consensus that has held for decades, recent research suggests that the traditional conception of Neanderthals being "stupider" than Homo sapiens may in fact be misleading. As articles about the research findings state, 'early stone tool technologies developed by our species, Homo sapiens, were no more efficient than those used by Neanderthals.' The data used in the study is available on-line along with a visual description of the process used."

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  1. Re:Not Aggressive enough by PC+and+Sony+Fanboy · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You mean, all homo sapiens are actually americans?

  2. Major blow? by thejahn · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It is only a small percentage of a scientific community (those that probably scream the loudest and fear there may actually be a God) that actually beleived 'neanderthals' were stupid. Most of history shows people who lived before us were fairly creative, and smart building upon what they had before them.

  3. People by superyooser · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Bible doesn't reveal much about the appearance or mental acuity of Adam, the first human. The fact that God holds him morally accountable for sin, however, indicates that he had a soul/spirit, which at least sets him apart from the animal kingdom. (The "serpent," who apparently could stand up before he was cursed, is universally interpreted to be Satan.)

    It seems that Noah, who built a pretty complex ark (although with God's specific building instructions), probably was a fully "modern" human.

    The Creationist position that I've heard is that Neanderthals are simply a peculiar kind of human. Some say possibly a "sub-species," Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, which is how they were classified by scientists in the 1960s.

    Since Neanderthal fossils are all post-Flood, we could say that Adam, Noah, and other humans were pre-Neanderthal*. And likely Homo sapien.

    * "pre" as in chronology only

  4. As an H. Sapiens and regular bath taker by Skratchez · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I find it offensive to be compared to a damn dirty ape. We won, they lost. This is due to Arthur Dent's meddling in time travel. And, as a phone sanitizer/hairdresser I feel superior to all previous extinct hominids. Now, I'm off to gather leafy duckets.