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Neanderthals have a bad reputation largely due to historical misconceptions and outdated stereotypes. Early depictions painted them as brutish, unintelligent and uncivilised, based on the incomplete and misinterpreted fossil evidence available at the time. This view was reinforced by the need to distinguish modern humans as superior and more advanced.
However, recent research has shown that Neanderthals were much more sophisticated than previously thought. They created tools, had a form of language, engaged in symbolic behaviours and even. The negative image persists partly because of lingering myths and the human tendency to view anything different or extinct as inferior.I once had a date with a Basque girl and decided I’d impress her by learning a bit about her culture.
Next, consider beliefs and attitudes back in the 1500s, when the sociological concept of races first started to emerge. People were trying to define the differences between various ethnic groups while also trying to explain the perceived superiority of certain ethnic groups over others. Being dark-skinned at the time was considered more primitive and therefore less evolved..
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