if you’re in need of public assistance, and are non-white.

So the republican link to the knuckle dragging Neanderthals starving infants and toddlers is a little clearer now. Thanks science.

Neanderthals.

but alas from the readings I have read, the Neanderthals basically remained stagnant in their development.

menopause is an evolutionary anomaly. y it’s not more well understood that grandparents, and yes, gay ppl, r crucial to kin selection, i will never know. (tho i have a clue- male scientists)
the other species who have it, like whales, also live in ‘tribes’ based on kinship. they also have extended childhoods.
y dont these ppl just ask me. lol. or, ya know, hire more women.

i have a fave example of how this works-
what’s the 1st tool humans made? ask most ppl they’ll say- stone cutting tools.
they r wrong. there were planting sticks and baby carriers, but mostly those didnt survive. they way predate stone points.
then there’s the guys who were mystified by sticks w 30 notches on them.
also those who thought chubby female effigies were goddesses of fertility, instead of ancient porn.
sadly, i cd go on.
all i can say is thank ja for franz boaz who sent women out to study the great apes. goodall, fosey, boaz sent them.

Devoid of the benefits of human collaboration, joining together to benefit the commonwealth, or working in unison to strengthen a healthy and functional community.

Shallow and selfish to the detriment of all parties concerned and they haven't a clue the error of their ways.

Me,... me,... me,.. is their creed - but never us or we.

Not to mention that anywhere from 1-2% of modern-day Europeans and Asians carry Neanderthal DNA. Are they LESS human?

sigh...

Neanderthals. I'd really love to see a study on the political predispositions of those who carry the Neanderthal DNA.

around 2% to 4% Neanderthal DNA. Even people with roots in sub-Saharan Africa have some Neanderthal DNA if their parents or ancestors farther back had children with someone outside of that region.

So it's nearly everywhere.

and were considered fully adult at puberty. Before then, they learned to hunt and gather from their elders.

Neanderthals matured earlier, but that's not the reason they went extinct. The problem was that they'd migrated to the eastern Mediterranean and northeast to western Siberia. When the Campanian Ignimbrite Event happened, they were in the area of major ashfall and climate disruption. The stragglers left weren't numerous enough to recreate a stable population, they'd already started to suffer the effects of inbreeding before the big volcano blew up.

ETA: the prolonged maturation of human children wasn't necessarily a good strategy when a group had their numbers depleted by disease, climate change, or just bad luck. You needed kids to mature a bit faster then to replace the adults who had been lost. Neanderthals would have had an advantage then.