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A DEFINITIVE REPLY
TO EVOLUTIONIST
PROPAGANDA
The fact that no Neanderthal drawings have come down to the
present day is also no indication of primitiveness. There are modern
societies which take little interest in art or painting. Looking at their
lack of representational art, all one can say about the Neanderthals
is that they were "backward in art." Portraying them as a primitive
intermediate species solely because they did not make pictures is
nothing more than prejudice.
The fact that
they did not make
pictures is insuffi-
cient to show that
they had little in-
terest in art. A flute
Neanderthal flute
unearthed from a
Neanderthal cave in Slovenia demonstrates that these people did
have a musical culture. This flute is the oldest known musical in-
strument. Made from bear bone, it is able to produce notes thanks
to four holes specially made in it. There is no doubt that it is only
possible to make a flute and produce tunes by means of abstract
conception. There is no reason not to assume that these people who
interpreted music and produced tunes also entertained themselves
by dancing.
Moreover, it has also been demonstrated that the Neanderthals
nursed their sick and injured, and buried their dead with flowers.
This indicates that they were social beings, possessed of the con-
cepts of love and affection. To maintain that Neanderthals were
primitive and on a lower evolutionary level than modern man is
nothing than The Discovery Channel's own prejudice.
The Dilemma of Materialism
Concealed by Steven Pinker
The Discovery Channel also reported errors regarding the origin
of human behavior committed by Steven Pinker, a psychologist
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