Anthropology

Farmer-Rick

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12. They theorized that brain development

Fri Jan 6, 2023, 04:04 PM

Jan 2023

In Paleolithic hominids was not fully expressed. Both Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis became extinct by the end of the Paleolithic. So they were still around adding to the gene pool and brain development during that time. And because of this it is thought hominids we're not as smart back then.

But tool development during this time suggests some pretty smart hominids.

To modern humans it seems reasonable to assume evolution added more intelligence to the species, not less. But more intelligence may not always be an evolutionary advantage to a species. Just look at some of those Trump voters.

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A Total Amateur May Have Just Rewritten Human History With Bombshell Discovery [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 OP

knr and thank you for this fascinating information. niyad Jan 2023 #1

Further down in the article: jeffreyi Jan 2023 #2

+1. those types of belief are pretty outdated stopdiggin Jan 2023 #8

I though we have been getting dumber as compared to people from the past. airplaneman Jan 2023 #10

I dunno. temporary311 Jan 2023 #19

They theorized that brain development Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #12

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Science fiction is zanny Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #21

smarter and more educated in the ways of the world. "only the closed mind is certain" said Dean certainot Jan 2023 #24

I'll have to read it Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #26

Well, if they were all THAT smart..... COL Mustard Jan 2023 #22

Smarter... Most of us .... reACTIONary Jan 2023 #29

Human history unfolding as each one of us. cachukis Jan 2023 #3

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Appreciate you catching that. I have come to the conclusion cachukis Jan 2023 #31

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Hope this comes through. cachukis Jan 2023 #37

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There is a swiss army knife stone tool found all over cachukis Jan 2023 #39

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interesting some different though republianmushroom Jan 2023 #4

"Big deal. I can drink a beer underwater" Ray Bruns Jan 2023 #5

And forge checks in Portuguese! peppertree Jan 2023 #6

I've often wondered about geniuses and prodigies who were born too early central scrutinizer Jan 2023 #7

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Too Good Faux pas Jan 2023 #9

I don't buy it -- these amateur codebreaker types always read too much into too little. paulkienitz Jan 2023 #11

They seem to be a little bit cautious chowder66 Jan 2023 #14

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that's why I said "27 stellar alignments" paulkienitz Jan 2023 #41

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Whatever the results, I bet these ancients were a lot smarter that the Repubs in the Senate. Paper Roses Jan 2023 #13

"Code-breaking" like this is very difficult to prove, particularly with the small size of the Martin68 Jan 2023 #15

In 50,000yrs. they'll dig up a laptop out of the dirt packman Jan 2023 #16

Hunter Biden's laptop no doubt. flashman13 Jan 2023 #23

The laptop will be ground to dust. What they'll most likely find Warpy Jan 2023 #25

Mysterious ?? You mean they weren't used to play Carceres et Dracones ? nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2023 #35

It would have been a boring and predictable game Warpy Jan 2023 #36

Yay! The learned professions, schooled by ordinary people again! bucolic_frolic Jan 2023 #18

Cool YoshidaYui Jan 2023 #20

Fascinating. Thanks Hekate Jan 2023 #32

bad take. very bad take- mopinko Jan 2023 #34