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Lemongarb ago

I know historically neanderthals were considered stupid, but the newest evidence seems to be suggesting otherwise. I haven't heard anyone make the connection, but who built Gobleki Tepi?

Rainy-Day-Dream ago

based on the data I've seen of their cranial structures they actually should've had larger brains than the homosapians

Le_Squish ago

They did. There is also some suppressed research that suggest they were more prone to interpersonal violence and cannibalism.

Rainy-Day-Dream ago

more so than africans?

Le_Squish ago

Cannibalism in H. Sapiens is much more modern phenomena. When we look at pre-african exodus populations, we see obsidian and Flint being traded over thousands of miles suggesting human groups mostly had peaceful encounters to exchange goods and probably mates as well.

When study H. Neanderthalis pre H. Sapiens contact, we find sites where entire families were killed, carved up and cooked in their caves. We don't see the extensive trade networks or evidence of Neanderthals living in anything larger than a family group. They may have been high IQ (the cultural artifacts they left behind suggest as much) but prone to sociopathic/psychopathic behavior much more than humans and were never able to organize into proper tribes. Africans tend towards violence because of poor impulse control and not because they are particularly anti-social.

SJWs have thoroughly tainted anthropology though, so unless you can get original inventory of a sites excavation, it's hard to trust even a peer reviewed source.

Rainy-Day-Dream ago

just like they've tainted everything else, it's not even widely known that the asian descended red skinned natives we know now were not the original natives of north america but that their were european descended (probably indo-european) natives living here first with white skin and blonde hair, and that the "native americans" killed and raped them out of existence and stole their land. At least when we displaced the "natives" we left some of them alive to complain about it.

Le_Squish ago

Indo Europeans are a people adapted for arid climate. A small change in nostril shape allows the Indo-European nose to function well in cold climates. This was an advantage during periods of glaciation so it is expected that Indo-European would be found in these climates. Also, Asians have a unique dentition called shovel shaped dentition allowing for easy visual identification of all Asian remains. Scientists bullshit us all the time.

Rainy-Day-Dream ago

that's why it's so important that people do their own research, but so many do so little