William Golding and academia’s differing views on Neanderthals

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Congratulations. Thanks. My point is how to use fictional imaginative discourse such as Golding's in order to teach first graders the fundamentals of a scientific discipline. In my personal experience I've been using fiction to teach basic concepts of linguistics and scientific reasoning.