[AD from SpringBay]

The baffling 9,300-year-old Kennewick Man, whose skeleton was unearthed in 1996 in Washington state, looks so “European” because he had Neanderthal roots, a scientist said today.

Maybe it's baffling because there is something wrong with the ability to date these bodies. Or maybe it's baffling because Neanderthals aren't real.

[ShadowAce]

Maybe it's baffling because there is something wrong with the ability to date these bodies. Or maybe it's baffling because Neanderthals aren't real.

A theory I've heard is that Neanderthals were actually modern man who happened to live several hundred years. As a result of the long lifespan and the diet they had, the bone above the brows and the jaws built up to form a sort of "flying buttress" of bone to assist in the chewing of the tough foods.

BTW--I agree with the date process. It's fatally flawed and doesn't give the correct date at all.

[Junior]

Or maybe it's baffling because Neanderthals aren't real.

Huh? Are they a figment of our collective imaginations?

[BigBobber]

What's baffling is the idiotic federal law that allows "native Americans" to seize and destroy scientific evidence (i.e. bones and artifacts) that are the only way to figure out how and when North America was populated.

When the Taliban destroyed ancient sculpture there was international outrage. When "native Americans" do it it's social justice.