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COUNTERFACTUAL PROPAGANDA
Although fossil discoveries show that
Neanderthals had no "primitive" features as
compared to us and were a human race, the
evolutionist prejudices regarding them con-
tinue unabated. Neanderthal man is still some-
times described as an "ape man" in some
evolutionist museums, as shown in the picture
to the side. This is an indication how
Darwinism rests on prejudice and propaganda,
not on scientific discoveries.

for the thread to be passed through. 169
People who wear clothing and feel the
need for a sewing needle cannot be con-
sidered "primitive."

The best research into the
Neanderthals' tool-making abilities is
that of Steven L. Kuhn and Mary C.
Stiner, professors of anthropology and ar-
chaeology, respectively, at the University
of New Mexico. Although these two sci-

entists are proponents of the theory of
evolution, the results of their archaeolog-
ical research and analyses show that the
Neanderthals who lived in caves on the

coast of southwest Italy for thousands of
years carried out activities that required
as complex a capacity for thought as pre-
sent-day human beings. 170
Kuhn and Stiner found a number of
tools in these caves. The discoveries were

of sharp, pointed cutting implements, including spearheads, made by carefully chipping away layers at the
edges of the flint. Making sharp edges of this kind by chipping away layers is without a doubt a process calling
for intelligence and skill. Research has shown that one of the most important problems encountered in that
process is breakages that occur as a result of pressure at the edge of the stones. For this reason, the individual
carrying out the process has to make fine judgments of the amount of force to use in order to keep the edges

straight, and of the precise angle to strike at, if he is making an angled tool.
Margaret Conkey from the University of California explains that tools made in periods before the
Neanderthals were also made by communities of intelligent people who were fully aware of what they were
doing:

If you look at the things archaic humans made with their hands, Levallois cores and so on, that's not a bumbling
king of thing. They had an appreciation of the material they were working with, an understanding of their world. 171

In short, scientific discoveries show that Neanderthals were a human race no different from us on the lev-
els of intelligence and dexterity. This race either disappeared from history by assimilating and mixing with
other races, or became extinct in some unknown manner. But they were definitely not "primitive" or "half-ape."

Archaic Homo sapiens, Homo heidelbergensis and Cro-Magnon Man

Archaic Homo sapiens is the last step before contemporary man in the imaginary evolutionary scheme. In

fact, evolutionists do not have much to say about these fossils, as there are only very minor differences between
them and human beings of our days. Some researchers even state that representatives of this race are still living

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