Neanderthal research (Introduction)

by dhw, Monday, August 01, 2011, 13:34 (4654 days ago) @ xeno6696

TONY (commenting on Matt's scepticism concerning technologically advanced civilizations): You are assuming that we have looked in the right places already, and that we have dug deep enough in those places to find it.-MATT: I am judging research in the current state. And I only believe in changing my views when faced with contradictions.-TONY: You are assuming that natural geological events have not eradicated the evidence (glacial migrations, volcanos, earthquakes, tectonic subduction, yada yada yada).-MATT: In which case, there is no way to validate the claim [...]-Enter dhw (with horns and cloven hoof): Would both of you please apply your respective arguments to the claim that humans, chimpanzees, boa-constrictors and duck-billed platypuses are all descended from bacteria.