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In reply to the discussion: Damnit! Super-Pundit George Will is on to Us! [View all]Cary
(11,746 posts)48. Hey, hey and hey
Do not disrespect Neandertal that way!
It's true that they had bigger bones but homo sapiens sapiens didn't progress beyond Neandertal, from stone tools to bone tools, for over 10,000 years after Neandertal went extinct. There is no proof that they were as stupid as George Will and some of us have Neandertal DNA. And if you're going to go with the "they're extinct and we're not" thing then understand that they were around for 200,000 years while we're only working on about 40,000 at present and looking at our own extinction at our own hand because of what we're doing to our environment.
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