Intro LO: Perhaps, the most important - though (very) implicit - conclusion is that all animal sounds are a form of communication. Our concept of (human) language is (“just”) a “single protein variant”. Moreover, this article strongly suggests that the Neanderthal must have had language skills, similar to ours. That would also support the ancient mating between Homo...
Intro LO: De locatie (zie foto rechts) verbaasde mij wellicht nog het meest: de Neanderthal kinderen konden overwinteren in Noord Spanje?? Onderstaande klimaat informatie lijkt die mogelijkheid van overwinteren inderdaad te bevestigen. source: Google Maps Source De Meteoblue grafiek (links) suggereert dat het klimaat nauwelijks onder 0 °C (32 °F) komt. Er lijkt dus...
Introductie LO: Ik heb relatief vaak geschreven over de Neanderthal en heb nooit geloofd dat ze primitieve holbewoners waren. De reden is eigenlijk vrij simpel: het overleven van IJstijden vergt intelligentie. Het artikel stelt dat "de Neanderthalers bijna 300.000 jaar in Europa geleefd". Andere artikelen stellen dat die periode mogelijk veel langer was: van circa...
On 28 June 2023, a scientific article caused breaking news: The Myth of Man the Hunter: Women’s contribution to the hunt across ethnographic contexts. The article fitted well in (gender) discussions on men vs women. The outcome was simple: early women were hunters as well. Usually, computer games show simple societies: from hunter/gatherer towards builders &...
Planet Earth is c.4.5 billion years old (eg, NatGeo). Earliest lifeforms are c.3.7 billion years old (eg, Smithsonian). The oldest human fossils are some 7 million years old. The oldest human writing is some 5 thousand years old. Temperature recording began less than 400 years ago (eg, NASA). Notwithstanding the above, scientists continue to write about Earth’s...
Recently, I noticed a quote by author Blake Newman (see below). His view made me wonder if fear over climate change is actually fear over human extinction. The name of the "global environmental movement" Extinction Rebellion also suggests that climate fear is fear over human extinction. “Don't worry about saving the earth. The earth will be fine. However, humans...
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