# Did Neanderthals have souls? (Souls and religion)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-neanderthals-have-souls-souls-and-religion/501054>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 26, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-neanderthals-have-souls-souls-and-religion/501054 "2009-06-26T10:25:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-neanderthals-have-souls-souls-and-religion/501054/61 "2009-07-05T15:08:12Z")

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> [@sqweels](#):
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> Sure. Your brain is your hard drive and CPU and your soul is the software that’s loaded into it. You soul includes your memories and that certainly is stored in your brain as data.

That’s not far from being accurate insofar as “soul” means anything.

Which makes the idea of “saving” onto media that will outlive a fatal crash of the system an interesting metaphorical parallel to what evangelists have been saying all along!! 😃

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**Author:** ![Sablicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sablicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sablicious)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-neanderthals-have-souls-souls-and-religion/501054/62 "2009-07-05T15:33:28Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> Did Neanderthals have souls?

I think you’ll find primitive man predates the concept of a ‘soul’. Go figure… :rolleyes:

And this:  
[![](https://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n23/Sablicious/Jesusanddino.jpg) ](https://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n23/Sablicious/Jesusanddino.jpg)

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**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-neanderthals-have-souls-souls-and-religion/501054/63 "2009-07-05T17:00:32Z")

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> [@sqweels](#):
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> Sure. Your brain is your hard drive and CPU and your soul is the software that’s loaded into it. You soul includes your memories and that certainly is stored in your brain as data.

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