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which Neandertals had lived. They may well have sought shelter in caves and this, together with poor diet and lack of sunlight, could easily have lead to diseases that affect the bones, such as rickets.
    In addition to anatomical evidence, there is a growing body of cultural evidence for the fully human status of Neandertals. They buried their dead and had elaborate funeral customs that included arranging the body and covering it with flowers. They made a variety of stone tools and worked with skins and leather. A wood flute was recently discovered among Neandertal remains. There is even evidence that suggests that he engaged in medical care. Some Neandertal specimens show evidence of survival to old age despite numerous wounds, broken bones, blindness and disease. This suggests that these individuals were cared for and nurtured by others who showed human compassion.
    Still, efforts continue to be made to somehow dehumanize Neandertal man. Many evolutionists now even insist that Neanderthal man is not even directly related to modern man because of some differences in a small fragment of DNA! There is, in fact, nothing about Neandertals that is in any way inferior to modern man. One of the world’s foremost authorities on Neandertal man, Erik Trinkaus, concludes: “Detailed comparisons of Neanderthal skeletal remains with those of modern humans have shown that there is nothing in Neanderthal anatomy that conclusively indicates locomotor, manipulative, intellectual or linguistic abilities inferior to those of modern humans.” 3
    Conclusion
    Why then are there continued efforts to make apes out of man and man out of apes? In one of the most remarkably frank and candid assessments of the whole subject and methodology of paleoanthropology, Dr. David Pilbeam (a distinguished professor of anthropology) suggested the following:
    Perhaps generations of students of human evolution, including myself, have been flailing about in the dark; that our data base is too sparse, too slippery, for it to be able to mold our theories. Rather the theories are more statements about us and ideology than about the past. Paleoanthropology reveals more about how humans view themselves than it does about how humans came about. But that is heresy. 4
    Oh, that these heretical words were printed as a warning on every textbook, magazine, newspaper article and statue that presumes to deal with the bestial origin of man!
    No, we are not descended from apes. Rather, God created man as the crown of His creation on Day Six. We are a special creation of God, made in His image, to bring Him glory. What a revolution this truth would make, if our evolutionized culture truly understood it!
    1 . Zuckerman, S., Beyond the Ivory Tower, p. 64, 1970.
    2 . American Journal of Physical Anthropology 60:279–317, 1983.
    3 . Natural History 87:10, 1978.
    4 . American Scientist 66:379, 1978.

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    Does the Bible Say Anything About Astronomy?
    Dr. Jason Lisle
    The Bible is often attacked as a book that is scientifically out of date. Many television documentaries feature so-called “biblical scholars” who deride the Bible and tell us that it is a collection of myths and sayings compiled over thousands of years and that we can’t trust the history or the science in the Bible. However, the Bible has been shown to be correct over and over again in matters of history and science. In this chapter we will see that, while not a science textbook, the Bible is accurate when it touches on astronomy; in fact, the Bible’s teaching that the universe is only several thousand years old fits with our astronomical observations. We can trust the Word of the God who “gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night”
(Jeremiah 31:35).
    The Bible is the history book of the universe. It tells us how the universe began and how it came to be the way it is today.
    The Bible is much more than just a history book, however; it was written by