And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth... Acts 17:26
and primitive, if a Neanderthal walked down the street, appropriately dressed, you probably wouldn’t notice.
--Wood and Collard note that
“skeletons of H. neanderthalensis indicate that their body shape was within the range of variation seen in modern humans.”
--Washington
University paleoanthropologist Erik Trinkaus maintains that
Neanderthals were no less intelligent than contemporary humans and
argues, “They may have had heavier brows or broader noses or stockier
builds, but behaviorally, socially and reproductively they were all just
people.”
--University of Bordeaux archaeologist Francesco
d’Errico agrees: “Neanderthals were using technology as advanced as that
of contemporary anatomically modern humans and were using symbolism in
much the same way.” EN&V