The problem of Cthulhu

Jeff Wilson · 21 Jun 2007, 01:03 · from 2007-June.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:03:11 -0500
Subject: (urth) The problem of Cthulhu
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brunians at brunians.org wrote:
> Yes, this is what the sagas say also. I think you will get in trouble
> thinking of neanderthals as proto-humans. They are as human as you if not
> more so. They were skilled engineers, among other things, and also your
> ancestors if you are even part-European.

If the neandethals were human, why is there a distinction made?

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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