Neanderthals ruled the earth for upwards of 500,000 years. We should be so lucky. They were adaptable, intelligent and strong. They were not so adaptable as to successfully adjust to multiple, massive invasions by our forebears, but then, there has been sufficient degeneration of our stock that we, today could not withstand the same challenge. We should honor the Neanderthals for what they achieved and devote ourselves to a greater fulfillment of real, meaningful civilization.
90% of Philly young adults are not fit to serve in the military. (75% nationally;(
Neanderthals ruled the earth for upwards of 500,000 years. We should be so lucky . . .
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Early humans are invariably portayed as being dim, slow moving and clumsy.
Somehow I suspect they had an agility and bursts of speed and strength that would leave us in slack jawed amazment and fear if we could see it. The robust sturdiness of their skeletal remains are incredible.
CS Lewis once opined that if a modern was to encounter such a ‘primitive’, the modern would be tempted to fall down in awe at the blunt honesty and power of the ancestor.
Personally, I suspect they were rather feral, but I have little doubt about their power.
How do you know they ruled? Maybe they just inhabited the world?