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48. I think there's been a tendency to assume

Fri May 3, 2024, 12:32 PM

May 2024

...that because Homo Sapiens prevailed, they must have been smarter or better; but I've sometimes wondered whether they might just have been more sociopathic.

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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