I have the impression that the pro-neanderthal sentiment can be a thin end of a racist wedge.
Here is a map from wikipedia captioned "Known Neanderthal range in Europe (blue), Southwest Asia (orange), Uzbekistan (green), and the Altai Mountains (violet) ":
So look at that and think, “what would a racist see”. Don’t be to cute about it.
With neanderthals being actually pretty smart and cool, they can be seen to contribute that certain je ne sais quoi to white people that makes them actually biologically distinct from other humans. Which is of course a closed question (FAKE) generally speaking.
I’m not saying that’s true and I’m not saying anyone here is saying it. I’m just saying that there could be some motivated reasoning.
I have the impression that the pro-neanderthal sentiment can be a thin end of a racist wedge.
Here is a map from wikipedia captioned "Known Neanderthal range in Europe (blue), Southwest Asia (orange), Uzbekistan (green), and the Altai Mountains (violet) ":
So look at that and think, “what would a racist see”. Don’t be to cute about it.
With neanderthals being actually pretty smart and cool, they can be seen to contribute that certain je ne sais quoi to white people that makes them actually biologically distinct from other humans. Which is of course a closed question (FAKE) generally speaking.
I’m not saying that’s true and I’m not saying anyone here is saying it. I’m just saying that there could be some motivated reasoning.