The problem of Cthulhu

Lane Haygood · 21 Jun 2007, 01:07 · from 2007-June.txt.gz

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From: lhaygood at gmail.com (Lane Haygood)
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:07:02 -0500
Subject: (urth) The problem of Cthulhu
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Hi all. Long time lurker, first time poster.

Neanderthals were not "human," in the sense of being homo sapiens.  
They were another species, human-like, but not human.

Here's a wiki link... sorry, it's the best I could do on short  
notice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal

Lane

On Jun 20, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:

> 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?
>
> -- 
> Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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