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The Neanderthal had inferior tools, inferior weapons, inferior artistry, etc.

I suppose, then, that the natives at the source of the Nile were a subspecies (or a separate one altogether) of those that lived at the mouth of the Nile 3000 years ago?

Do you believe it possible that tools/artifacts/art/food/customs/etc. are subjected to modern ethnocentric prejudices?

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Well, you will note that I listed several different reasons for the change in views and that the fragment you excerpted was in this context:

However, one thing that is now much, much clearer that it was just a decade ago is that Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon behavior was far more different than had been thought the case. The Neanderthal had inferior tools, inferior weapons, inferior artistry, etc.

So, if it were a full sentence, it would be: The Neanderthal had inferior tools, inferior weapons, inferior artistry, etc. than what had been thought the case just a decade ago.

I don't see what the problem is with that observation. It's true.

As for ethnocentric prejudice (or even speciescentric prejudice as the case may be) I suppose there could be some of that, but when the Cro-Magnon had cave painting and clay sculpture whereas the Neanderthals are not known to have painted or sculpted anything, that is a rather objective measurement of inferior artistry.

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PS. And you'd think I'd correct my typo in that excerpt the second time around! :)