Well it's the difference between believing there's an objective "best interest," and the belief that everyone should be able to decide what their best interest is.

Not to mention the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment.

No.

I didn't mean to imply sign language came first, I was just using sign language as an example - my suggestion is that given that Neanderthals did have art and cultural practices, and seemingly interbred with Homo sapiens, it seems unlikely that their vocal apparatus limited their ability to transmit thoughts and…

Well sure, but what you're talking about has more to do with cognition than with physical apparatus - sign language is a reaction to the need to convey meaning and ideas within a community that didn't have the equipment for auditory communication. It seems pretty clear that neanderthals had real language, whether or…

"true language"

Cue the reconstruction of Neanderthal accents.

This comic was released in French years ago. If you google it you get tons more images.

I see Phil Tippet's been a dinosaur supervisor for longer than any of us knew.

Judecca is really, really doing it for me.

Jesus.

Cue me bawling.

He's really turning over a new leaf.

Is this a thing now? I swear to God there's an army of twee parents doing this stuff. Is there a name for this meme?

It just occurred to me, they should take out the talking as a special feature on the DVD...

...there's going to be an option to remove the voice acting on the DVD, right?

I think it shows that the author thinks making self-destructive choices is not in one's best interest.

You're right. But since the article says that people do not always make choices in their best interest and gives decisions that are harmful to one's health as an example of this, it's clear what the writer's definition is.