Neanderthals
When I was taking anthropology as an undergraduate, I learned that there was, at least at the time, a great deal of controversy over whether there was such a thing as a Neanderthal man. One point that was made was that the bone structure of such individuals was hard to distinguish from human bones of people with hyperthyroid conditions. More recently, I read, or hear on TV or something, that we all have Neanderthal DNA, except we all also have pumpkin DNA, so I'm not sure what any of this proves. White House Press Secretary Psaki did little to clarify this yesterday in defendng President Biden's remarks about two governors: MS. PSAKI: The behavior of a Neanderthal, just to be very clear. The behavior of. But wait a moment. All we know about Neanderthals has to do with some bones and stone tools and such. What on earth do we know about Neanderthal behavior? But then I thought about another N word. What if Biden called someone the other N word? Would...