Neandertal: The Answer Is Epigenetics Not Evolution

Institute for Creation Research ^ | 5-2-2014 | Jeffrey Tomkins PhD

[Ha Ha Thats Very Logical]

nobody's ever found a neanderthal needle

Interesting. If you search for "neanderthal needle," you find a bunch of anti-evolution sites claiming that one was found. (They're using it to try and show that Neanderthals weren't as primitive as they used to be depicted.) I can't find a reference to it on a straight science site, though.

This site says "no artifacts associated with sewing (e.g., needles and awls) have been found at Neanderthal sites." But this site has an image of Neanderthal points and blades

and the two at the top left certainly look like they could have been used as awls. And this place is offering for sale what they claim is a Neanderthal awl. Tools like this certainly could have been used to poke holes in hides through which hide strips could have been drawn--you don't really need a needle as such to sew to that extent.

[9YearLurker]

You mean we’re all aliens? Of the legal or undocumented variety?

[varmintman]

These are Cro Magnon (early human) needles:

If Neanderthals hadn't had fur coats, there would be Neanderthal equivalents of those. There aren't any.

[Ha Ha Thats Very Logical]

If Neanderthals hadn't had fur coats, there would be Neanderthal equivalents of those. There aren't any.

You keep saying that, but you're ignoring the fact that needles like that aren't necessary to lace hides together. Awls will do. Here's an image of the Neanderthal awl for sale I mentioned above:

That'd do for poking holes in hide.

[reasonisfaith]

The product of genes is proteins—molecules floating in cytoplasm. But there is nothing in genes which produces the overall shape.

This is a big problem for evolutionary theory.