[asa] AIG gets it wrong again

AIG's weekly message to the naive follows:

Q: How could Neandertal Man be too advanced for evolution?

A: In southern France, they found evidence of human habitation
hundreds of feet deep within a cave. What makes this find so important
is that it was dated as the earliest sign of humans in Europe. Only
the Neandertals were thought to have inhabited Europe at that time.

What they found in the cave was astonishing for such “primitive”
people. They found a “complex quadrilateral artificial structure
consisting of specially arranged pieces of stalactite and stalagmite.”
They also found a piece of burned bear bone.

But here’s the problem: the items were so deep in the cave, that the
people would’ve had to have some kind of artificial light, such as a
fire, torch or lamp. Also, the structure they found was so complex, it
would have required the builders to be able to communicate with each
other.

Such language skill and technological know-how doesn’t fit with
evolutionary ideas about Neandertals. However, it does fit with the
creationist understanding—they were descended from Noah after the
Flood.

Note: This last statement just does not follow, of course.

jb

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Received on Sat Aug 5 15:50:33 2006