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Anthropology

LSFL

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3. I have often wondered about that massive hind brain

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Nov 8, 2020, 06:23 AM

Nov 2020

What purpose did it have?

I know that skeletal forensics shows that modern man walked and ran much more. Did being able to run prey to ground and follow game migration more easily give us an edge? We will never know. But looking at the robust bones of Neanderthal man, I would certainly believe that we had ranged weapons before or shortly after encountering them. They would tear us apart in close combat.

I am going to repurchase all those anthropological Neanderthal books I used to own. Time to relight that candle.

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I have often wondered about that massive hind brain LSFL Nov 2020 #3

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