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Anthropology

99MainSt

(70 posts)

1. Both a revelation and a mystery.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Feb 26, 2025, 11:25 AM

Feb 26

In this technological age of population explosion and dominance over the Natural World, it's hard to conceive of just how vulnerable prehistoric human species were to extinction.

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An ancient human lineage roamed Europe's frozen tundra for nearly 80 generations. Then they died out. [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 26 OP

Both a revelation and a mystery. 99MainSt Feb 26 #1

KNR and bookmarking this fascinating find. niyad Feb 26 #2

How wondrous is science! brakester Feb 26 #3

Chuck Grassley is a direct decendant. rubbersole Feb 26 #4

This was after a setback IbogaProject Feb 26 #5

So the original Homo sapiens in Europe were black? Botany Feb 26 #6

That's not going to sit well with Meghan Kelly Submariner Feb 26 #8

Don't tell her that everybody in the world (except one outlier in the Indian/Pacific Ocean) all have Botany Feb 26 #9

The time sequence H2O Man Feb 26 #11

This is a great book Botany Feb 26 #12

The advances being made H2O Man Feb 26 #13

The more we learn about our stone age ancestors, the more interesting they turn out to be. Long past time to give up Martin68 Feb 26 #7

Or that they wore barely any clothes in a harsh environment. mwmisses4289 Feb 26 #10