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Evidence of care for the elderly and the sick has been found <ref>Neanderthals on Trial <i>University of Minnesota, Duluth</i> [http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/video/On_Trial.html]</ref>, they also used medicinal plants, made clothes out of animal skins and used stone tools. Neanderthals performed elaborate burying rituals, suggesting some sort of religion <ref>Early Man <i>Andy Simmons</i> [http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~simmonds/Sophy/early_man.htm]</ref>.
Evidence of care for the elderly and the sick has been found <ref>Neanderthals on Trial <i>University of Minnesota, Duluth</i> [http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/video/On_Trial.html]</ref>, they also used medicinal plants, made clothes out of animal skins and used stone tools. Neanderthals performed elaborate burying rituals, suggesting some sort of religion <ref>Early Man <i>Andy Simmons</i> [http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~simmonds/Sophy/early_man.htm]</ref>.
Interestingly archaeologists have never found Neanderthal cave drawings, although handcrafted art has been found <ref>Neanderthal 'face' found in Loire <i>BBC News </i>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3256228.stm]</ref>.
Interestingly archaeologists have never found Neanderthal cave drawings, although handcrafted art has been found <ref>Neanderthal 'face' found in Loire <i>BBC News </i>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3256228.stm]</ref>.
==History according to Creationists==
[[Young Earth Creationism|Young Earth Creationists]] believe that Neanderthals were as fully human as we are. Harsh conditions due to the [[Ice Age]] after the [[flood|Great flood]] caused human groups to migrate and splinter off to survive. Neanderthal type traits were best suited for the harsh cold. Malnutrition and longer life spans could cause features similar to those seen in Neanderthal skeletons. <ref>Neanderthals are still human [http://www.icr.org/article/468/]</ref>
== History according to evolutionists ==
== History according to evolutionists ==
Neanderthal Man is not considered to be a direct ancestor of modern humans, but their remains are examples of [[transitional fossil]]s along a subsidiary branch, an evolutionary dead end.{{fact}}
Neanderthal Man is not considered to be a direct ancestor of modern humans, but their remains are examples of [[transitional fossil]]s along a subsidiary branch, an evolutionary dead end.{{fact}}
==References==
==References==