Slow-Witted? Neanderthals Invented Their Own Tech — Didn’t Copy

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Neanderthals cannot be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. But if the human mind has no history, there is no missing link. Source
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Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

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Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Source
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#4 Story of 2022: Science Journal Reaffirms Universe Had a Beginning

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If the universe and everything in it are the result of a mind, then we are not unintended accidents of nature. Source
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Science Journal Reaffirms Universe Had a Beginning, a Key Argument in Meyer’s God Hypothesis

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If the universe and everything in it are the result of a mind, then we are not unintended accidents of nature. Source
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