Welcome to Noah's family, Neandertal!

Biblical creationists have long taught that Neandertals were fully human descendants of Noah who lived alongside other men during the post-Flood Ice Age.¹ 

Recent evidence confirms this view. Fossilized Neandertal teeth from Belgium and Iraq have been found with grain starch on them.² “Stone Age” grinding tools have also been discovered along with hundreds of starch grains in various stages of processing, from a variety of plants.³ It has also been determined that Neandertals made colorful jewelry out of seashells.⁴

What do these recent findings prove? First, Neandertal was fully human. Second, he is related to people living in Eurasia today. Third, "Neandertals" interbred with modern humans.”⁵ Therefore they cannot be distinguished as some kind of non-humans. They were not "Nendertals", they were fully human beings recently created in the image of God!

(excerpted from Brian Thomas, Identifying Neandertal Man, Acts & Facts March 2011, Institute for Creation Research)

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References (selected)

1. Morris, J. 1997. Is Neanderthal in Our Family Tree? Acts & Facts. 26 (9).

2. Said, S. Study: Neanderthals cooked, ate vegetables. CNN. Posted on cnn.com December 29, 2010, accessed January 11, 2011.

3. Revedin, A. et al. 2010. Thirty thousand-year-old evidence of plant food processing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (44): 18815-18819.

4. Viegas, J. Prehistoric Jewelry Reveals Neanderthal Fashion Sense. Discovery News. Posted on news.discovery.com January 8, 2010, accessed January 13, 2010.
 
5. Sarfati, J. 2011. Corals, Genes, and Creation. Creation. 33 (1): 54