"Are we to regress to Neanderthals? By their comments and treatment of others, some already have."
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You did read the article, did you not? The idea that Neanderthals were. well, "Neanderthals" is changing. They were humans who may not have been as "advanced" as other human cultures but (according to the article) they were "producing tools, jewelry and impressive cave creations. They cared for their sick and elderly. They perhaps even performed a primitive kind of dentistry."
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But while the "Neanderthal-opinion of scientists" of "Neanderthals" is slowly changing, their "Neanderthal-opinion" of "Neanderthals" as a "sub-human species" has not.....just as too many people today still think - and still consider - African Blacks/pygmies and Australian Aborigines to be "sub-human."
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A human being is a human being regardless of where they live, how they dress, or what they do to survive in the environment in which they live.