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...first the German workmen thought they had found the remains of an extinct cave bear. Quarrying for limestone on a summer day in 1856, they had blasted open a small cave on the side of a gorge called Neanderthal (Neander Valley), near Dusseldorf, and were digging up the cave floor with pickaxes when they came upon the strange skull and sturdy bones. Setting the skeletal remains aside, they kept digging, never dreaming that their discovery would soon spark confusion, dismay and heated debate that has continued to this...
Examining the skullcap, ribs, part of the pelvis and some limb bones taken from the cave, Dr. William King, an Irish geologist, suggested that the fossil might be an extinct form of humanity, a different species. The skull, with its prominent brow ridge, led him to declare that "thoughts and desires which once dwelt within it never soared beyond those of a brute...
Virchow's views were widely accepted until 1886, when two more Neanderthal skeletons were discovered in a cave in the Spy region of Belgium. While Virchow claimed that these too were the remains of diseased modern humans, other scientists regarded such a coincidence as unlikely; they were more impressed by primitive tools and the remnants of extinct animals found near the skeletons. The Neanderthals, they agreed, were ancient. Still, they insisted that, Darwin's controversial new theory notwithstanding, the strange creatures could not possibly be ancestral to exalted human beings like themselves...
...Japanese made their own threat to fight any sanctions by accusing the U.S. of a "betrayal of trust"in multinational negotiations to reduce tariffs. But even as the Japanese were applauding Hosokawa's refusal to cave in to Clinton, his government was calculating how to avoid a fight. Early in the week Tokyo was unnerved when the yen rose about 6% against the dollar while Washington stood by with arms folded. The upward pressure came from speculators counting on the U.S. to encourage a stronger yen to make American products cheaper in Japan. Because that would also cut into...
...Washington last weekend. Clinton considers himself a lifetime member of the N.G.A. and sometimes forgets that Governors are not as important to him now, compared with members of Congress. In White House meetings, Clinton stunned allies when he hinted to his former colleagues that he was willing to cave on two central, and controversial, provisions of his reform plan: the spending caps on insurance premiums, and the large purchasing pools known as alliances that are designed to help drive down costs...