(March 19, 2016 at 1:16 am)AJW333 Wrote:(March 18, 2016 at 8:17 pm)abaris Wrote: Why don't you go with Neandertals for starters? You could also have a look at the fossil records. Not that I believe, you would do that. But it would be a start.The Neanderthal narrative has changed a lot over the years. Initially he was very ape-like and couldn't speak since he didn't have the necessary physical attributes. That's all changed and it is now considered that Neanderthals were able to speak and in many other ways were much closer to humans than previously considered. So is it correct to consider them a different species to human beings? Probably not.
Yes, the narrative changed. We discovered new things, and we changed to fit that new knowledge. That's called "learning," and it's what rational people do when confronted with new evidence.
Are you seriously suggesting that learning is a weakness?
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