tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post6281753948552854234..comments2023-09-09T07:28:35.681-04:00Comments on Science and Religion: A View from an Evolutionary Creationist: To Serve NeandertalsJimpithecushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-75379409678958395832009-05-20T13:06:42.302-04:002009-05-20T13:06:42.302-04:00I think that it is something that people want to b...I think that it is something that people want to believe because it further distances us from our European precursors. "Oh my gosh, the Neandertals did what????"Jimpithecushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-27914371729543417342009-05-20T11:35:02.690-04:002009-05-20T11:35:02.690-04:00Yeah, they seem to be reading way into this. Even...Yeah, they seem to be reading way into this. Even if they could demonstrate that this Neanderthal was eaten by humans, which I'm suspicious could really be confirmed, that would only be a single case.Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-18208098688863924542009-05-19T10:38:00.000-04:002009-05-19T10:38:00.000-04:00I agree with Chris Stringer that more information ...<I>I agree with Chris Stringer that more information needs to come to light before this idea can be seriously entertained.</I>Agreed. Finding marks of butchering on, say, an extinct species of deer would not demonstrate that the species had been hunted into extinction, just that it had been preyed upon.AMWnoreply@blogger.com