Do creationists believe all Neanderthal specimen found suffer from arthritis and rickets?Posted a few minutes ago:
"the first Neanderthal remains were found in France in 1908. Considered to be ignorant, ape-like, stooped and knuckle-dragging, much of the evidence now suggests that Neanderthal was just as human as us, and his stooped appearance was because of arthritis and rickets."
In reality:
An early stereotype of Neanderthals was that they were stooped, very hairy, and had divergent big toes. Straus and Cave ( Pathology and the posture of Neanderthal man. Quarterly Review of Biology 32(4): 348-363.) showed that they were fully human in posture. However, Neanderthals do have distinctive features that distinguish them from modern humans. Some of these features -- powerful bones and muscles, in particular -- cannot plausibly be attributed to pathology or injury.
As for rickets, the signs of rickets differ from Neanderthal fossils in several respects, including the following:
People with rickets are undernourished and calcium-poor; their bones are weak. Neanderthal bones are fifty percent thicker than the average human's.
Evidence of rickets is easily detectable, especially on the ends of the long bones of the body. This evidence is not found in Neanderthals.
Rickets causes a sideways curvature of the femur. Neanderthal femurs bend backward.
Virchow, who first reported the possibility of rickets in a Neanderthal, did not cite it alone. He said the fossil had rickets in early childhood, head injuries in middle age, and arthritis in old age. It is doubtful that an entire population suffered these same afflictions - but is that what creationists believe?
-No Chance Without Jesus
In reality...nobody knows
All we have are a few fossilized bones.
(If anyone digs up my uncle eddy in 10000 years they will think HE's nanderthal....the guy is Ugly)
-B K
That'll be why they have different DNA from "average" humans then?
Obviously the poster is unaware of the Neanderthall Gnome Project. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal_genome_project
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