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To: RaceBannon

Addressing a point where I have some expertise... your post included the following:

"...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.(Carl Hodge "Neanderthal Traits Extant, Group Told" The Arizona Republic Vol 99 #186 P. B-5) ..."

Two problems with that:

1.(from: http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/623_issue_19_volume_6_number_3__5_28_2003.asp
"...Again, knowledge of disease does not make one an expert on the Neandertals. So I submitted this argument to British anatomist A. J. E. Cave. Professor Cave held the chair of anatomy at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London and is considered an expert on the interpretation and pathological meaning of Neandertal fossils. Professor Cave replied:
""No competent morphologist could confuse the frontal bossing of the congenitally syphilitic cranium with the distinctive configuration of the Neandertal skull. Neandertal was a morphologically distinct type of rational human being, which appeared and disappeared when and why, we know not.""

2. Syphilis is generally considered to be a disease of New World origin




301 posted on 01/02/2006 4:22:50 PM PST by From many - one.
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To: From many - one.

Not all were diagnosed with Syphillis

Besides, where did the New World get it?


302 posted on 01/02/2006 6:07:50 PM PST by RaceBannon ((Prov 28:1 KJV) The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.)
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