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23. Will posters please stop the agist, misogynistic, and foolish comments on how good she looks for her age? The article

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu May 2, 2024, 09:34 PM

May 2024

already made the joke so you're just repeating yourselves. In actual fact, the recreation of this woman's face is a remarkable scientific and artistic feat, and it is awesome to see how this woman from so long ago might really have looked. Stop making adolescent jokes about the appearance of this person who actually existed. Show a little respect.

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Face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed by scientists [View all] brooklynite May 2024 OP

She looks great for her age! nt intrepidity May 2024 #1

Granny! Arne May 2024 #2

There's a congressional district in Georgia where Mr.Bill May 2024 #3

OMG I see the similarity! Maraya1969 May 2024 #4

You have a good eye! LOL LeftInTX May 2024 #5

Ouch. GB_RN May 2024 #7

+1 orangecrush May 2024 #9

Same here. Definitely. calimary May 2024 #15

I think she is better looing than the one in Georgia Bev54 May 2024 #11

Probably more intelligent, too. n/t Mr.Bill May 2024 #12

+1 dalton99a May 2024 #18

That is a sick and disgusting comment. She was a person. Show a little respect. Martin68 May 2024 #25

That brow, chin and smile, multigraincracker May 2024 #6

No one has ever lived at any time other than the most modern of times sanatanadharma May 2024 #8

Not to confuse the packaging with the package. WheelWalker May 2024 #32

She lived StarryNite May 2024 #10

Is that MGT without the blonde hair? Chainfire May 2024 #13

Enough with the juvenile jokes. This was a real person. Stop demeaning yourself and the scientists and artists who Martin68 May 2024 #26

Exactly! usaf-vet May 2024 #28

I'm sure this particular lady Aussie105 May 2024 #36

I care. I'm not going to second guess highly rained forensic anthropologists. Martin68 May 2024 #43

Where did it say her age? Polybius May 2024 #45

What is your point? Facial reconstruction its based on bone structure, not age. Jus because she looks old to your eyes, Martin68 May 2024 #47

My point is that i was responding to the other poster Polybius May 2024 #49

Yes, that's very ok. I'm sorry if I came across as unpleasant. The comments about age and flippant quips about the woman Martin68 May 2024 #51

It's all good! Polybius May 2024 #53

No, that image is an artist conception of what this protohuman may have looked like. It is a fantasy. Chainfire May 2024 #42

Her sex was determined by DNA from her tooth enamel. Bone structure is fairly straight forward. LeftInTX May 2024 #46

now use ai to de-age catsudon May 2024 #14

There are better pictures Warpy May 2024 #16

23 and thee. Marcuse May 2024 #17

No eyebrows or did she pluck them? twodogsbarking May 2024 #19

MTG ananda May 2024 #20

Seriously now, that (and I may be in trouble for saying it) is a Native American face. mpcamb May 2024 #21

No, it is not a Native American face. It is a Neanderthal face. The differences are quite obvious. Martin68 May 2024 #24

neat. AllaN01Bear May 2024 #22

Will posters please stop the agist, misogynistic, and foolish comments on how good she looks for her age? The article Martin68 May 2024 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Elessar Zappa May 2024 #44

Wow. Science has brought us wonderful insight into our pass. Now 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman. That doesn't ..... usaf-vet May 2024 #27

Get thee behind me SATAN! brooklynite May 2024 #30

MJT is older than we thought relayerbob May 2024 #29

I'm watching the documentary on Netflix. LeftInTX May 2024 #31

I don't understand what that pie chart is trying to tell us muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #33

Wrong interpretation. Aussie105 May 2024 #35

Your sentence "Current Baltic genotype has some Neanderthal commonality" may be true muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #37

It's cool! Right! LeftInTX May 2024 #39

It's from GedMatch. It's DNA markers and what modern populations the DNA matches with. LeftInTX May 2024 #38

It's meaningless for the Neanderthal muriel_volestrangler May 2024 #41

I was going to say there is a lot of guess work involved. Aussie105 May 2024 #34

What's weird is: Neanderthals carried mostly African genes, but modern Africans do not carry the Neanderthal genes. LeftInTX May 2024 #40

I think there's been a tendency to assume snot May 2024 #48

Homo sapiens prevailed? Aussie105 May 2024 #50

My understanding is that only ca. 2% snot May 2024 #54

An apex predator John Shaft May 2024 #52