Anthropology

Haggard Celine

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1. I hope they find out definitively what the Neanderthals were capable of.

Sat Aug 21, 2021, 08:41 AM

Aug 2021

I've read some ideas that they were born with certain necessary knowledge about how to care for oneself and other knowledge about life in the same way that many animals are. In contrast our species has to be taught practically everything we know. Most people have at least a small amount of Neanderthal or Denisovan DNA, and it would also be interesting to know exactly how that DNA contributes to our mind and our sense of being. It would be hard to determine all of that, I imagine, so we may never know these things.

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Paintings from 65,000 yrs ago attributed to Neanderthal [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2021 OP

I hope they find out definitively what the Neanderthals were capable of. Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #1

people are starting to look harder at this. i have a fairly high %. mopinko Aug 2021 #3

I've never had a DNA test, so I don't know how much I have. Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #4

they arent that expensive any more. mopinko Aug 2021 #5

Yeah, they do want your data. Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #6

i look at it this way- mopinko Aug 2021 #7

You have a great attitude about it. Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #8

it's the nerd view. mopinko Aug 2021 #9

That sounds really dodgy Random Boomer Aug 2021 #10

'I didn't mean to imply that I think Neanderthals were 'dumb animals.' Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #11

That is nothing more than fanciful speculation Random Boomer Aug 2021 #12

friend of mine felt that modern hoomans and neos interbrede. AllaN01Bear Aug 2021 #2