Background
Neanderthal Man was the name given to bones found in 1856 in Germany’s Neander valley (‘tal’, or ‘thal’ in old German spelling). The name Neander was a pseudonym of the 17th-century minister Joachim Neumann, the Greek translation of his name (‘new man’).
Deception
A recent major PBS-TV series on evolution depicted Neanderthal Man as only half human and not very intelligent, one who lived a very inferior life compared to the alleged first humans, the Cro-Magnon people. Some scientists today believe he was ‘lacking the language skills, foresight, creativity, and other cognitive abilities of modern humans’.
Neanderthal Man is considered to ...
