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Anthropology

mopinko

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8. my son always said- it would be a better world

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Dec 4, 2022, 01:10 AM

Dec 2022

if we had descended from gorillas instead of chimps.
hard to argue, except that controlled violence is home sapiens secret sauce.
the world's worst invasive species.

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How different the world would look now if Neanderthals had won [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2022 OP

They sound like Republicans. RandySF Dec 2022 #1

A world full of MAGAt's. aeromanKC Dec 2022 #2

I was watching a Cash Cab rerun from 2003 BigmanPigman Dec 2022 #3

Matrix virus scene keithbvadu2 Dec 2022 #7

I swear my college roommate was one. Sneederbunk Dec 2022 #4

Have you seen MTG? Dan Dec 2022 #5

So now we know where the GQP gets their genes relayerbob Dec 2022 #6

my son always said- it would be a better world mopinko Dec 2022 #8

Ouch. Another science fairy died today when you said that. Random Boomer Dec 2022 #13

Yet we have a small % of our genes from Neanderthals. GreenWave Dec 2022 #9

The secret is: high level reproduction, with becoming too widely spread out to fail. Two things ... marble falls Dec 2022 #10

Ah my long term memory betrays me. GreenWave Dec 2022 #11

Hadn't heard that, but there is no doubt a lot of species evolve themselves into a literal dead end. marble falls Dec 2022 #16

interesting. intriguing. but have to say also fairly speculative. stopdiggin Dec 2022 #12

Look up the theories and research on humans as a self-domesticated species Random Boomer Dec 2022 #14

I've often joked with people that I'm not... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2022 #15