• Britain's Neanderthals

      Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008 - 13:31 UTC

      were more perspicacious than usually caricatured.

      Meanwhile many of our modern H. sapiens appear to be heading in quite the opposite intellectual direction: most Britons doubt cause of climate change

      “The majority of the British public is still not convinced that climate change is caused by humans – and many others believe scientists are exaggerating the problem, according to an exclusive poll for The Observer.”

      Really. The editors here should stop giving extra stars for exaggeration.

      Last updated: Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008 - 13:31 UTC

      • Comments

        • Date:
          Tuesday, 24 Jun 2008 - 16:59 UTC
          Angela Saini said:

          That is not the worst of it… I learned recently that two of my (university-educated, professional) friends believe in creationism. I’m not kidding.

          It’s easy to believe that the rest of the world is on the same page, but it really isn’t.


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