Neanderthal

Neanderthals were a group of humans, descended from Adam and Eve, who lived in the harsh post-Flood world. Archaeology confirms they made instruments, make-up, jewelry, weapons, and ritually buried their dead. Many humans today share DNA with Neanderthals. This fully human lineage died out sometime after the Flood.

Neanderthal DNA

A new genetic study, published in the journal Science, compared the Neanderthal genome to the genes of five humans alive today. The comparison revealed that in some individuals, up to 4% of the total genome was of Neanderthal origin.

Makeup for Neanderthals

Archaeologists uncovered shells containing yellow and red pigment residues at Neanderthal dig sites in southern Spain. Coupled with similar evidence found in Africa, the pigments paint a picture of Neanderthals far more sophisticated than their stereotype.

Neanderthal tools

Contrary to their reputation as some sort of sub-human brute, Neanderthals displayed a great deal of technological skill in the manufacture of their tools. Neanderthals were not only fully human but evidently were very skilled people coping with the harsh world of the post-Flood Ice Age.

Neanderthals Fully Human

The Neandertals are not mysterious, but rather incredibly intriguing. We view them as the fully human ancestors of some modern humans, probably some Europeans and western Asians. They were a post-Flood, Ice Age people, specializing in hunting the large, grazing animals that were abundant towards the end of the Ice Age.

Articles About Neanderthal

  • Dental Discovery Indicates Travel Among Neanderthals
    Feb. 16, 2008

    They may not have traveled in minivans and RVs, but a tooth found in Greece suggests Neanderthals roamed the earth more than was once thought, according to research published in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

  • In-Depth Article
    Red-Haired, Fast-Talking Neanderthals
    Nov. 21, 2007 from Answers in Depth

    Recent research publications indicate that some Neanderthals may have had red-hair, fair complexions, and the capacity for speech and language.

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  • Neanderthals: the New Red-Heads
    Nov. 3, 2007 from News to Know

    It’s a common caricature in textbooks, movies, and—more true than ever today—TV shows: a brow-ridged, (often) club-carrying Neanderthal, covered in thick, messy red hair.

  • Neanderthals: One of Us
    April 28, 2007 from News to Know

    Anthropologist Erik Trinkaus comments that the specimens considered to be the “earliest modern humans” in Europe “have shown obvious Neandertal ancestry.”

  • In-Depth Article
    The Neandertals: Our Worthy Ancestors, Part II
    April 11, 2007 from Answers in Depth

    Today, the majority of paleoanthropologists believe that the Neandertals were a species separate from modern humans.

  • In-Depth Article
    The Neandertals: Our Worthy Ancestors
    Nov. 29, 2006 from Answers in Depth

    One hundred and fifty years have passed since the first Neandertal fossil individual was discovered in 1856 in the Neander Valley in Germany.

  • Are Europeans Neandertal?
    Sept. 18, 2006

    The London Daily Telegraph reported in August 2006 that “People of European descent may be five percent Neanderthal.”

  • Magazine Article
    Neandertal Man—the Changing Picture
    Sept. 1, 2003, pp. 10–14

    Despite all the prejudice against including the Neandertals into Homo sapiens, even many evolutionists have become impressed with the evidence for Neandertal’s humanity.

  • Thumbs up for Neandertals
    April 4, 2003

    In ‘Digital analysis: manual dexterity in Neanderthals,’ Nature magazine (27 March 2003) exposes yet another false assumption about these mysterious people.

  • Research Paper
    Lagar Velho 1 Child Skeleton
    Feb. 1, 2000

    When the parents of that four year old boy buried him many years ago, they could not have known how important his remains would be to their descendants.

  • What About the Neandertal DNA?
    Dec. 29, 1997

    This article talks about the new neandertal DNA discovery, what it means, and how likely it is to be valid.

  • Magazine Article
    Neandertals ‘Must Have Had Advanced Skills’
    Sept. 1, 1996, pp. 25–26

    A ‘complex quadrilateral artificial structure’ consisting of specially arranged pieces of stalactite and stalagmite was found in a cave in southern France.

  • Magazine Article
    The Caring Neandertal
    Sept. 1, 1996, pp. 16–17

    The more we learn about the Neandertals, the more we are forced to conclude that although they may have looked brutish, they were very caring people.

  • Magazine Article
    Neanderthal Children’s Fossils
    Dec. 1, 1994, pp. 40–44

    Were the faces of Neanderthal children reconstructed accurately? Or, were they reconstructed with evolutionary beliefs in mind?

  • Technical Research Paper
    Neandertal Children’s Fossils
    Aug. 1, 1994, pp. 166–178

    In reconstructing fragmented bones of Neandertal children, evolutionists assume that rates of development were equal to or faster than modern children.

  • Magazine Article
    Armoured Neanderthal
    March 1, 1994, pp. 15–16

    Mr K. Stolyhwo described the discovery of a human skull with classic Neanderthal features. The entire skeleton was in a tomb which also contained iron arrowheads and a suit of chain-mail armour.

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