tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post1663345416662854381..comments2023-07-14T07:42:45.273-05:00Comments on Beam Me Up - Science & Science Fiction news: Neanderthals: The Great TeacherBeam Me Uphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-74141493706271088062013-09-04T15:21:37.847-05:002013-09-04T15:21:37.847-05:00I think the mind set comes more from the conventio...I think the mind set comes more from the conventions of the day when Neanderthal was first uncovered. The heavy brow and sloping forehead didn't lend itself well to European culture of the early 1800s, Point of fact classification of the Neander sub species was put forward in 1866 by Ernst Haeckel, Homo stupidus. You can well understand that by the time Neanderthal or cave-men entered the Beam Me Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-83555624545709179422013-08-15T11:12:22.631-05:002013-08-15T11:12:22.631-05:00"It is just about possible...Neanderthals tho..."It is just about possible...Neanderthals thought up a way of doing one thing – making these tools – that humans hadn't thought of before,"<br /><br />Sigh.<br />Once again it is assumed that Neanderthals were grunting brutes and Moderns were brilliant innovators.<br />Neanderthal brains were, on average, larger than modern human brains. Obviously they were not stupid.<br />It is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com