Mt. Carmel’s “Neanderthal Man” —

Due to the evolutionary propaganda constantly being pushed by pop science, public education, mainstream media, museums, and the like, many people have been conditioned into believing numerous scientific “facts” which have later proved to be totally false. For example, it has become a cultural stereotype to picture Neanderthals (or Neandertals) as sub-human bent-kneed brutes. Even the term Neanderthal is often used today in a derogatory sense to insinuate low intelligence. However, the less-than-human status of Neanderthals is now being dramatically overturned—though the public remains largely unaware of that fact.

“The most compelling archaeological evidence for the fully human status of Neanderthals is the ceremonial burial of their loved ones.”

Christopher Rupe & John Sanford

Indeed, though initially thought by the majority of evolutionists to be either a missing link between ape and man or else a separate sub-human species that went extinct, based on new findings many (if not all) experts now regard Neanderthal man as fully human. Even some museum displays that once depicted Neanderthals as apish sub-human brutes, have now been updated to give them a very human appearance. This dramatic makeover is based upon evidence from paleontology, archaeology, and even genetics.

Paleontology

For example, from the nearly 500 Neanderthal skeletons now recovered, fossil evidence clearly shows that they are not significantly different from anatomically modern humans (AMH). Although a Neanderthal’s elongated skull shape and larger brain case is distinct, and its skeleton is generally more robust, neither of these two features is outside the range of human variation. As a matter of fact, such Neanderthal-like features are even seen in modern human populations. Furthermore, as Neanderthal expert Erik Trinkaus points out, Neanderthal man’s entire skeleton “was fully compatible with erect posture and bipedality of modern humans.”^[1]