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From: Mike
>  Was Neanderthin his coinage or the marketing staff's?  He sounds too
serious for such terms. Again, no
> criticism implied; I like serious.

The word NeanderThin was my invention long before I had a publisher.
It
wasn't until the hardback edition (pg. 38) that I bothered to explain
what I
meant by the term.  My editor, Heather Jackson, at St. Martin's was
the one
that insisted that I expand the book based on technical reviews by
those
listed in the acknowledgements.  I also had to expand on some of my
claims
based on two legal reviews of the manuscript by their attorneys.   She
also
insisted that I remove some of the "cute" stuff (such as the biblical
chapter headings) found in my first three (self-published) Paleolithic
Press
editions.

The St. Martin's editions are a far better book for her efforts.  The
paperback edition should even have Don Wiss' web site listed
correctly.

Ray Audette
Author "NeanderThin"
http://www.neanderthin.com