Back to neanderthals -- if they are "just like us," then why have creationist organisations been compelled to claim that they are people who were in advanced old age, or diseased? Also, where do homo erectus or homo habilis fit in, which are morpholigically even further removed from us? Yet when we get to australopithecus, suddenly these are nothing but apes? I think the people who make these claims need to actually have a look at some fossils. You can look here for further info about neanderthals and creationist claims about them, as well as scientists' findings.