Neanderthals topic of Saturday lectureThe Jack C. Davis Observatory will continue its tradition of Star Parties at 6:30 p.m. Saturday with a free science lecture, “Caveman, The Story of the Neanderthal.”Mike Thomas will present the slide-show lecture about these human-like beings. Neanderthals lived for 200,000 years, and then disappeared 30,000 years ago. They were not human, but they acted like humans in many ways.A guided star viewing will follow the lecture.Doors open at 6 p.m. with the lecture to begin at 6:30 p.m. Lectures through the winter are scheduled on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, but will …


