Neanderthal Man was found in Neanderthal Valley in West Germany. Long accepted as a missing link, Neanderthal man has been proven to be human, very similar to Europeans today, yet with proven diseases such as rickets, syphilis, and arthritis
The first Neanderthal skeleton that was discovered was in fact that of an older Neanderthal suffering from a variety of ailments. Subsequently, additional (healthy) Neanderthal skeletons have been found. Several are on display at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum, for example.
The current debate is whether Neanderthals are a separate species of hominid or more akin to a subspecies of Homo Sapiens. However, no reputable scientist would argue that Neanderthals were just plain old Homo Sapiens.
But...But..it was reputable scientists who first declared it to be human the day it was first examined!
It was only after the heathen evolutionists got ahold of it that the fairy tales began...
I have decided to stick my nose in this.
I like what Miller has to say, generally, but I disagree with his conclusion that God and Evolution are compatible. His position is the classic one of trying to straddle a fence. A peacemaker of sorts, but the reality is that he's due for a major hurt.
He uses the argument of the priest and the professor. The priest says only God could make a flower. The professor explains how a flower is formed. By Miller's own logic now the priest looks "ignorant", "foolish" (it really doesn't matter what the word is) - he is wrong and will eventually have to backpeddle.
Following this line, sooner or later, the only place for God to stand is at the beginning, i.e. the Big Bang. But Miller's logic holds here too. Should astrophysicists find a convincing physical explanation for the Big Bang, then God is gone.
I used to hope that the universe was "closed", and Bang after Bang would occur. That was evading the question of where God should rightly be placed, but it made me feel more comfortable. But now it looks like the universe is "open" and those nagging questions about the appropriate place for God are back.
(Still hoping that there is enough undiscovered dark matter to close the universe, though).