Let me preface this with I’m a Christian that has no ability to comprehend Gods time, ability or methods.
I believe man has been here for a very long time with multiple peaks and valleys. If Neanderthals are needed for our creation then so be it. To me that is more fascinating to think about god planning our genetic base over long period of time. I believe we were seeded over time as his creation.
Having said that it’s obvious there were other hominids running around. I don’t think there is evidence for a sudden replacement. Seems like more of a blending. Question is where did Neanderthal and homo sapians come from. What was before. We were left clues, a big brain, a desire to learn, and the innate passion to ask how and why.
I wish politics and academic prestige would take a back seat to truth and honest discussions.
Perhaps there is a fossil record of where homo neanderthalensis got the straight back and balanced head from a quadruped line, or perhaps there is a very early bipedal mammal?
I believe man has been here for a very long time with multiple peaks and valleys.
Me too.
How much of our current civilization would be left after we go to an everything is recyclable mind set and have a couple ice ages?
Assuming from my position way, way, way out on a limb that the neanderthals were built in God's image, the wrong side lost in the homo sapiens vs homo neanderthalensis conflict, with only a few tatters of neanderthalensis DNA remaining.
Definitely a fall from grace!
It would take an Act of God or biotechnology, to reassemble a full neanderthalensis genome and resurrect the species...