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Vaccines "were linked" to autism, too. The very "scientific" war being waged right now with our daily lives can be directly linked to the supposed link to autism. Science is the latest, greatest religion, and I do not worship at its altar. AFAIC, "proof" of anything is elusive at best, "evidence" is the best one can get, and my suspicion and doubt have grown to epic proportions. Firstly, yes, snow goggles are to prevent snow blindness in the spring. Winter is a L O N G period with no light whatsoever. The sun goes down in mid-November and doesn't come back up for three full months. In summer the snow is gone, so goggles are not needed. The point is that Inuit eyes didn't evolve to deal with the extreme of darkness, but with the extreme of light. Secondly, Neanderthals living "deep within caves and forests" is assumed. Their bones have been found in caves, but so are the bones of all other predators of the era. Caves provide the better conditions for fossil and artifact preservation. As the life of a nomadic hunter/gatherer would demand, Neanderthals hunted/gathered in the forests, steppes, mountains, seashores, tundra, etc. Accepting the theory of darkness because of habitat while simultaneously rejecting Danny Vendramini's "Them & Us" theory of nocturnal hunter evolution is extremely weak.

Cat eye pupils was a stupid marketing mistake by Vendramini. While I do not rule out cat eyes, depicting them in art was nothing more than giving a great point to condemn his entire theory, as you so regularly prove. Every other aspect of his theory is on the mark: * Nocturnal behavior mostly explaining the large eyes. I will agree that extensive cave use, northern latitudes, and forest dwelling are contributing factors, but nocturnal hunting would be rhe most prevalent factor. * Hirstute bodies. Unlike African and west Asian homo sapiens, Neanderthals were likely covered in hair. * Predatory behavior toward homo sapiens, whether or not they ate their human cousins. Homo sapiens kill each other with regular glee, so to imagine that Neanderthals did not would be almost stupid. Vendramini made a really stupid mistake with his marketing cartoons. In order to deal with foolish scientists, one must deal with them like a lawyer deals with a judge and jury........IOW, a collection of fools. He chose the fantastic approach. He handed them the scourge that they use to whip him. He isn't the broken clock; science as an industry is. It's only correct when the hands are physically moved to the correct moment, and even then it's only an imagined representation of time as mankind misunderstands it.

Found this photo of a Neanderthal child and was struck by the sheer size of the eye sockets.

No. This is wrong. Neanderthals evolved from Homo Heidelbergensis who migrated from Africa. https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/homo-heidelbergensis/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_site_of_Atapuerca In 1994 and 1995, over 80 bone fragments of five or six hominidsfound, between 850,000 and 780,000 years old, being at least 250,000 years older than any other hominid yet discovered in western Europe. About 25% of the bones have manipulation marks that suggest cannibalism. Classification of these remains is still being debated; suggestions range from Homo erectus to Homo heidelbergensis and Homo antecessor. Some researchers, who are familiar with the stratigraphic material of Gran Dolina, argue that Homo antecessor may be the ancestor of Homo heidelbergensis, who in turn gave rise to Homo neanderthalensis. The Homo erectus-like fossils were also found with retouched flake and core stone tools.

Neanderthals left Africa and entered the northern climes long before Modern Humans (Cro-Magnon) even existed. But even so, I'm not sure 3-4 hundred thousand years is enough time for any smaller African eyes to evolve into larger ones, which isn't only about the eyes but is also about an accommodating skeletal structure, too. And then, would there actually be enough time for any changes in the brain's cognitive abilities and visual interpretations? Seems like a lot to have been altered in too short a time. I propose instead that living deep in caves and thick jungles while in Africa was the evolutionary forcing that prepared Neanderthals to function in the North, with other Homo species adapting to the plains and other open grasslands- eyes and all.

From your link: I'll call BS on that. It completely ignores homo sapiens who live even farther north than Neanderthals did and did not grow larger eyes. Indeed, Inuit eyes are squinty.

Wow, that's really something. Why were they so big? Superior night vision? Makes me wonder if bigfoot descended from this lineage and has specialized eyes. As a side note, I'll bet this kid was hard to fit for glasses.

No. Ripped off. With a sword in his keister.