I am not sure, actually, how they rationalize all the ins and outs of their theories... and apologize if I may have misrepresented them unwittingly... it does seem that Neanderthals are considered (assumed?) to be an earlier hominid (that is the word I should have used earlier instead of humanoid), even though obviously Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens were around at the same time. That there are still shepherds does not really detract, though, for we are meat eaters after all (even though meat was not officially given for food until after the flood). The fellow I mentioned, Dave, was a really neat guy He did believe in Jesus Christ, but held to quite a different view of history than most, and he treated everyone decently too, despite all the flack he took.