==That’s just some creationist stupidity that I’d not seen pop up on FR in a very long time.
Awfully provocative, SunkenCiv. It would appear by the tone of your reply that you believe that creation science is synonymous with stupidity. Can you please supply specific examples to back up your allegation so we can get to the bottom of just who is (and who is not) stupid. You can start with Neanderthals, if you please.
It’s not provocative at all — Neanderthal isn’t halfway between human and chimp. Claiming otherwise is in fact something creationists cling to, the same way Virchow (probably the originator of the first campaign to dump on Neanderthal fossils) clung to a series of escalating false claims.
Here’s something perhaps you hadn’t read, even though it’s in the same thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2314370/posts?page=29#29