Another pile of malarky full of assumptions on ancients were honoring their ansestors when they were merely taking advantage of found previously used stones. because they roamed a lot, there is probably zero relationship between usuers 1 and 2 and 3 or 4.
The study is another attempt to apply current social patterns to the ancient past without any supporting evidence… yes the tools were rechipped but hardly because this tool was their grandfathers! It’s on he par with the current trend to ascribe any scratched rock or surface as “art” or kids having fun hand printing surfaces as conscious art. Next we’ll be looking at fossilized foot prints as evidence of ritual dance.
The ancients involved were roving hunter gatherers existing more by accidental discovery than by premeditated actions.
“ it suggests that Neanderthals interbred with modern humans and became part of our family, a fact that would have dramatic implications for evolutionary theorists around the world.” Where have these researchers been for the past 50+ years? This is old news!
We Homo Sapiens have the ability to put a spin on a spear because of our wrist bones. Like with a football (American football). So our ancestors could throw a smaller spear farther and more accurately. Neanderthals did not have that ability with their wrists. So their spears could only be used for thrusting and stabbing. They could not adapt. It was not a choice.
Evolution is not what many people think it is. It is simply the ability to adapt and change. Neanderthal could not, but we could.
Anyone who’s watced ALONE knows you can’t survive on RABBITS!!! The assertion that Neaderthal could not adapt is beyond ridiculous. Those people had no choice but to live there and died out because they couldn’t leave: why? Lets ask that question!
People thousands of years ago didn't just build this for tourists who come much much later. They had a reason and a plan. Just because we don't know what that was, doesn't mean it's easy to second guess their motivation. I'm glad it's been preserved. I like the mystery. I wonder what did excite them to get up every morning and go set stones. And what did they eat? I just hope it wasn't each other..
They may be scientists, but not nutritionists! Rabbits aren't that good a food animal, and any diet involving rabbits has to include a lot of other things because rabbit is deficient in important vitamins and minerals. I would've thought wild pig would've been the prey animal of choice, they're pretty common in the Mediterranean to this day!
When the square peg doesn't fit in the round hole, the Neanderthal just die? Get a grip. No one can survive on rabbit alone. The just don't have enough fat. A plandemic is more plausible than this.LOL. Awesome picture of a blue eyed brute scarfing a raw rabbit though.
"Neanderthals in Iberia suffered and ultimately died out because they didn’t kill and eat enough rabbits"
Oh, please, are we really being subjected to this crap.
Mechanics love cool new tools. In this case, the caveat is what information the AI is using to compare and judge. If it’s really that accurate though, lets try it on the sphinx.
No more ridiculous than male fighting that starts up with not much provocation at all ! In fact as a female one only has to laugh at a male to see an instant reaction from some with a furious glare & threatening language ! Some quite obviosuly need to be ‘fixed’ for society’s sake !
A good article but this is where history lets itself down in places. To prejudge a peoples lack of developing gold as a standard currency, just because the mainland does, or deems a culture 'slow' to conform, is really where we have been going wrong - putting modern assumptions on ancient ways. These people may have had very good reasons for not conforming to standards elsewhere.
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Another pile of malarky full of assumptions on ancients were honoring their ansestors when they were merely taking advantage of found previously used stones. because they roamed a lot, there is probably zero relationship between usuers 1 and 2 and 3 or 4.
The study is another attempt to apply current social patterns to the ancient past without any supporting evidence… yes the tools were rechipped but hardly because this tool was their grandfathers! It’s on he par with the current trend to ascribe any scratched rock or surface as “art” or kids having fun hand printing surfaces as conscious art. Next we’ll be looking at fossilized foot prints as evidence of ritual dance.
The ancients involved were roving hunter gatherers existing more by accidental discovery than by premeditated actions.
At last a study that makes sense. About time.
“ it suggests that Neanderthals interbred with modern humans and became part of our family, a fact that would have dramatic implications for evolutionary theorists around the world.” Where have these researchers been for the past 50+ years? This is old news!
We Homo Sapiens have the ability to put a spin on a spear because of our wrist bones. Like with a football (American football). So our ancestors could throw a smaller spear farther and more accurately. Neanderthals did not have that ability with their wrists. So their spears could only be used for thrusting and stabbing. They could not adapt. It was not a choice.
Evolution is not what many people think it is. It is simply the ability to adapt and change. Neanderthal could not, but we could.
Anyone who’s watced ALONE knows you can’t survive on RABBITS!!! The assertion that Neaderthal could not adapt is beyond ridiculous. Those people had no choice but to live there and died out because they couldn’t leave: why? Lets ask that question!
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People thousands of years ago didn't just build this for tourists who come much much later. They had a reason and a plan. Just because we don't know what that was, doesn't mean it's easy to second guess their motivation. I'm glad it's been preserved. I like the mystery. I wonder what did excite them to get up every morning and go set stones. And what did they eat? I just hope it wasn't each other..
They may be scientists, but not nutritionists! Rabbits aren't that good a food animal, and any diet involving rabbits has to include a lot of other things because rabbit is deficient in important vitamins and minerals. I would've thought wild pig would've been the prey animal of choice, they're pretty common in the Mediterranean to this day!
When the square peg doesn't fit in the round hole, the Neanderthal just die? Get a grip. No one can survive on rabbit alone. The just don't have enough fat. A plandemic is more plausible than this.LOL. Awesome picture of a blue eyed brute scarfing a raw rabbit though.
...besides, is it possible to eat every rabbit in Iberia? I don't believe they did "die out" they assimilated. I chunk of my DNA says so.
As hunter gatherers these people moved around to where they could find food. They were artistic and skillful.
so one day they all slumped down in a field and said "oh no. Where'd the wittle wabbits go.? We better give up and die."
Let’s not forget that they ate fish. Does this hypothesis exclude the feasibility of Neanderthals fishing adequately to survive?
There were many reasons they died out. Food is only part of the analysis. And, let’s not forget that we carry some of their DNA with us.
"Neanderthals in Iberia suffered and ultimately died out because they didn’t kill and eat enough rabbits"
Oh, please, are we really being subjected to this crap.
"The scientists concluded that Neanderthals were doomed in Iberia because they were unable to successfully hunt rabbits,"
I have never had such a good laugh. They can sure come up with some rubbish.
Please don’t forget Amanita Muscaria. Sillycyben is not the only god given.
What a great find. Very interesting. Thanks for the article.
Well, they’re not really mysterious, are they, if we know what they are and where they came from. Resorting to click bait, are we?
Mechanics love cool new tools. In this case, the caveat is what information the AI is using to compare and judge. If it’s really that accurate though, lets try it on the sphinx.
No more ridiculous than male fighting that starts up with not much provocation at all ! In fact as a female one only has to laugh at a male to see an instant reaction from some with a furious glare & threatening language ! Some quite obviosuly need to be ‘fixed’ for society’s sake !
A good article but this is where history lets itself down in places. To prejudge a peoples lack of developing gold as a standard currency, just because the mainland does, or deems a culture 'slow' to conform, is really where we have been going wrong - putting modern assumptions on ancient ways. These people may have had very good reasons for not conforming to standards elsewhere.
Nothing is necessarily wrong, just different.
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