2006-10-04 23:58:20 · 11 answers · asked by owner4nothing 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thermoluminescence dating, estimates the Neanderthal age in BP's, (boiling point), not years. Recent theories place the so-called Neanderthal as living in Belgium just before "modern man", not 20,000 years ago. The tens of thousands of years are not likely, according to the latest information. It seems, they were upright, suffered arthritis, had hands like ours, and even mated with "modern man". Quite shocking. I think religion says the same as it always has... God created man. There is no dispute that man evolved from man.
BBC.co.uk - 'Neanderthals "had hands like ours": The popular image of Neanderthals as clumsy, backward creatures has been dealt another blow', Helen Briggs, BBC (March 27, 2003)
BBC.co.uk - 'Neanderthals "mated with modern humans": A hybrid skeleton showing features of both Neanderthal and early modern humans has been discovered, challenging the theory that our ancestors drove Neanderthals to extinction', BBC (April 21, 1999)
2006-10-05 00:38:52 · answer #1 · answered by reformed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares what religion or the bible says, science is the best way we have of understanding our planet and how humans developed.
2006-10-05 07:03:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Creationists claim that all pre-homo sapien species are a difference race of homo sapien.
That said, neanderthals aren't in the homo sapien ancestory.
2006-10-05 07:21:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing. The Bible isn't an anthropology textbook.
2006-10-05 09:00:50 · answer #4 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion has nothing to say about them even though they keep saying something. ;-)
2006-10-05 07:01:18 · answer #5 · answered by Ever Learn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
don't know about religion but i work with one
2006-10-05 07:00:14 · answer #6 · answered by sleepwalker69 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have nothing to say because they pretend that they don't exist.
2006-10-05 07:09:45 · answer #7 · answered by The professor 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing that says they didn't exist. Just that we did not evolve from them.
2006-10-05 06:59:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
notta, zip, zilch, zero, none, Nada, nein.
religion is about belief. not anthropology
2006-10-05 07:29:46 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares what religion says!!! What does the bible say?
2006-10-05 07:00:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋