(July 18, 2011 at 7:16 pm)padraic Wrote: I've known that since I saw my first game of professional Aussie rules football. The impression was doubly reinforced seeing American gridiron (sorry,can't bring myself to call it 'football')
Participants in both activities seem to be at least 50% Neanderthal.EG one eyebrow,no neck,no jaw,knuckles dragging on the ground,IQ of a cactus and personality of an orangutang in a bad mood.The smell doesn't bear thinking about.
Beetle browed and receeding chined, maybe, but Neanderthals are cleanly, diligent, erect creatures, much more evolved than ball players and much more articulate than creationists.