I don't understand evolution. If we (humans) evolved over millions of years, why did the Neandert(h)als die out 35,000 years ago? And if we were so similiar, why has human evolution excellerated (sp) to such a degree to allow us to be 'modern' man without any evolutionary changes over the past 35,000 years?
There was an article around here a few weeks ago that provided some evidence for evolution of the human brain within the last 5,000 years. So...