Paintings from 65,000 yrs ago attributed to Neanderthal

[Haggard Celine]

11. 'I didn't mean to imply that I think Neanderthals were 'dumb animals.'

I'm pretty sure I have some Neanderthal DNA like most Caucasian people do, and I'm not ashamed of that.

I don't think it would have been a bad thing for the Neanderthals to have something like a racial memory that, in a way, informed them of certain skills at birth. On the contrary, I think it would have been good for the species' survival.

Maybe the patterns and feelings and parts of experiences in our racial memories are just a clue of what the Neanderthals possessed. Maybe we could be able to access ours one day, sort of like we do in dreams or taking hallucinogenic drugs, but with study and experimentation instead.

I know this is odd, and I'm not explaining myself very well with my limited vocabulary; I just wanted to let you know that I don't think the Neanderthals were 'lower' animals than we are. I just want to learn as much about them as we can, learn how they were different, and see the similarities.