by Greg Mayer
At the new Hall of Human Origins at the USNM on the Mall in Washington D.C., you can have a photograph of your face merged with the reconstruction of a Neanderthal, to see what you would have looked like as an early human. Jerry’s there now, and here’s Jerry’s photo. I’m not sure I can detect any real differences.
Jerry will be posting about the exhibit later (as will I, as promised).
They should release it to the Internetz – I’m sure it could be hooked up to a computers’s webcam
…to which Gibberson says, “see, I *told* you so.”
Yeah, but he’s still smarter than a sophisticated theologian….
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This machine was initially designed by the NSA to detect Tea Party activists.
Neanderthals trimmed their bangs?? Who knew?
What I would like to know is how come every Neanderthal had a Beatles moptop?
Ewww…
What’s with the faux hawk anyway? Are you insinuating that Neanderthals were hipsters? Damn good thing they went extinct then…
I’d say you should do one of Ken Ham, but I don’t know if it’s necessary…
Looks like Neanderthal’s mouths hadn’t fully evolved yet. Maybe they died out from starvation.
Wait, where is the neanderthal image?
Of course you can tell the difference. He’s so much more manly with a beard.
Looks like one of those gnu atheists to me.
Hey, that guy works at my local butcher shop! He helped me pick out some stegosaurus ribs…oh, wait…
I have a problem with this; it seems faintly dualist to toy with what “I would look like as a Neanderthal”, as if you have a Neanderthal soma into which you insert the soul, and suddenly you’re ready to roll, like getting into a new car or something.
Or to make it a bit more controversial, would we be happy with a program for “What I would look like as a Black” if you were Caucasian, or vice versa? Is this not racist towards Neanderthals?
[Yes, I *am* trying to be a bit of a dick with this ;-)]
What’s with the white upper lip? I get the low forehead, large nose, brow ridge, etc., but wait – I just described myself. Never mind.
What if I already look like a Neanderthal?