Well I'm still mystified as to the answer to my question.  In your opinion, did Neanderthal man have a soul or not.

Yes/No/Don't know.

I should have thought it was an easy question to answer.

And now you accuse me of a 'cop out'!  A cop out of what exactly?  What answer am I resfusing to give?  What is logically inconsistent in the answers I have given?  In what way am I avoiding any point which is relevant? 

All I am doing is pursuing an argument YOU made.  You said in post 18 that...

t probably seems a bit of a parodox that an atheist can do good deeds as well as a Christian. This can be explained because Christians claim that God is the source of all goodness.
When God created humanity he left what is called His divine imprint on us all. All societies have a natural goodness which was instilled in us by God and this can come out and has come out throughout the ages.

When the reasonableness of your position was called into question, in post 24 you wrote this...

Personally I think man was a completely different species brought into being by God. Yes, evolution has taken place but all within the confines of that unique species.
I think man is the summit of God's creation. Mankind is clearly distinguished from other living creatures. The most profound difference being, man possesses an immortal soul. Another important difference, man is a person, which means that because of his understanding and will he can decide for or against love, whether to commit right or wrong.

Now we're at post 52 and despite repeated attempts from me, all you have done is to avoid answering my question, and instead to denigrate me as a person, and paint my argument as an unreasoned attack on God or the Catholic Church!  Athiests can indeed do good, but you are doing a fine job of showing what a dishonest, evasive and nasty creature you can be!