The long-running conflict in a formerly unified community, the second ever observed, adds to Jane Goodall’s studies about a different chimp war in the 1970s.
I think we majorly community-mogged and art-mogged them yes
Neandrathals may have actually been smarter than us in most ways, but they were less social and more individualistic, which was likely a big factor in their downfall. Sapiens are communal in our natural state. Like, cultures of indigenous tribes vary extremely widely, but almost universally foster a mentality of sacrifice for the collective self; survival of the larger group. And we almost always share new skills or technological findings with as many people as we can (often with outside groups too, although that’s more culturally dependent)
If a neanderthal learned a new skill, say a more efficient fishing technique, they’d probably keep that shit to themselves or their immediate family. And they didn’t seem to have the capacity for abstract expression that we almost universally have, e.g. art reflective of culture or emotions
Nah, all non-Africans (white, asian, indigenous, etc) are 1-3% neanderthal, while Africans are 0.5-1%. All humans have some trace amounts, but most of it is meaningless genetic noise. Neanderthals had genetic issues due to inbreeding, so tangible effects of their DNA were selected out of our gene pool
We used to think Africans are 0% neanderthal bc neanderthals exclusively lived in Eurasia. Now we know that’s not the case, since most modern Africans have ancestors who spent thousands of years in Eurasia before migrating back to Africa. East-Africans have ancestors who spent up to 30k years in Eurasia (sapiens first left Africa 60k years ago), long enough to adapt light-skin and become what we would consider “white people,” before migrating back to Africa and eventually regaining melanin. Goes to show how bs the idea of biological race is
Also, the vast majority of humanity’s genetic variation isn’t between groups, but rather existing in all groups (e.g. genetic neurodiversity, like autism or ADHD, being found roughly equally across all ethnicities)
We mogged our fellow subspecies.
I think we majorly community-mogged and art-mogged them yes
Neandrathals may have actually been smarter than us in most ways, but they were less social and more individualistic, which was likely a big factor in their downfall. Sapiens are communal in our natural state. Like, cultures of indigenous tribes vary extremely widely, but almost universally foster a mentality of sacrifice for the collective self; survival of the larger group. And we almost always share new skills or technological findings with as many people as we can (often with outside groups too, although that’s more culturally dependent)
If a neanderthal learned a new skill, say a more efficient fishing technique, they’d probably keep that shit to themselves or their immediate family. And they didn’t seem to have the capacity for abstract expression that we almost universally have, e.g. art reflective of culture or emotions
Hold on… Neandrathals… aren’t their genes are almost exclusively found in white Europeans?
Nah, all non-Africans (white, asian, indigenous, etc) are 1-3% neanderthal, while Africans are 0.5-1%. All humans have some trace amounts, but most of it is meaningless genetic noise. Neanderthals had genetic issues due to inbreeding, so tangible effects of their DNA were selected out of our gene pool
We used to think Africans are 0% neanderthal bc neanderthals exclusively lived in Eurasia. Now we know that’s not the case, since most modern Africans have ancestors who spent thousands of years in Eurasia before migrating back to Africa. East-Africans have ancestors who spent up to 30k years in Eurasia (sapiens first left Africa 60k years ago), long enough to adapt light-skin and become what we would consider “white people,” before migrating back to Africa and eventually regaining melanin. Goes to show how bs the idea of biological race is
Also, the vast majority of humanity’s genetic variation isn’t between groups, but rather existing in all groups (e.g. genetic neurodiversity, like autism or ADHD, being found roughly equally across all ethnicities)
Huh, okay thanks for filling me in!