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History of Humans & Primates
#41
Posted 25 July 2012 - 04:09 PM

Ceramics found on the coast of the Adriatic attest to a hitherto unknown artistic culture which flourished during the last Ice Age, thousands of years before pottery was commonly used.
http://www.cam.ac.uk...ic-ceramic-art/
#42
Posted 18 August 2012 - 07:17 PM

http://drudgegae.iav...and-110406.html
A human skull dated to about 2,684 years ago with an "exceptionally preserved" human brain still inside of it was recently discovered in a waterlogged U.K. pit, according to a new Journal of Archaeological Science study.
The brain is the oldest known intact human brain from Europe and Asia, according to the authors, who also believe it's one of the best-preserved ancient brains in the world.
"The early Iron Age skull belonged to a man, probably in his thirties," lead author Sonia O'Connor told Discovery News. "Cause of death is rarely possible to determine in archaeological remains, but in this case, damage to the neck vertebrae is consistent with a hanging."
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#43
Posted 18 August 2012 - 08:20 PM

Listen to clouds and mountains, children and sages. Act bravely, think boldly.
Await occasions, never make haste. Find wonder and awe, by experiencing the everyday.
#44
Posted 18 August 2012 - 08:20 PM

Attention is currency in the "free marketplace of ideas".
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#45
Posted 19 August 2012 - 01:15 AM

#46
Posted 19 August 2012 - 01:49 AM

The scientists found no evidence for bacterial or fungal activity, and described the tissue as being "odorless…with a resilient, tofu-like texture."
Well, I suppose a taste test is still technically science.
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#47
Posted 19 August 2012 - 08:09 PM

#48
Posted 19 August 2012 - 09:48 PM

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#49
Posted 22 August 2012 - 03:39 AM

uhoh, is somebody missing a senator?
Listen to clouds and mountains, children and sages. Act bravely, think boldly.
Await occasions, never make haste. Find wonder and awe, by experiencing the everyday.
#50
Posted 13 October 2012 - 01:41 PM


For decades after the initial discovery of their bones in a cave in Germany in 1856 Homo neanderthalensis was viewed as a hairy brute who stumbled around Ice Age Eurasia on bent knees, eventually to be replaced by elegant, upright Cro-Magnon, the true ancestor of modern Europeans.
From http://news.national...reeding-humans/
Now they say Neanderthals were just like us.
Edited by Time_Traveller, 13 October 2012 - 01:42 PM.
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#51
Posted 13 October 2012 - 03:50 PM

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#52
Posted 13 October 2012 - 06:54 PM

#53
Posted 13 October 2012 - 11:36 PM

“Philosophy is a pretty toy if one indulges in it with moderation at the right time of life. But if one pursues it further than one should, it is absolute ruin." - Callicles to Socrates
#54
Posted 14 October 2012 - 04:21 AM

Edited by UFG, 14 October 2012 - 04:22 AM.
#55
Posted 23 October 2012 - 07:54 PM

http://youtu.be/Svdvm-i0mek
From http://www.bbc.co.uk...onment-19960748
Edited by Time_Traveller, 23 October 2012 - 08:30 PM.
“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.”
Stephen Hawking
#56
Posted 23 October 2012 - 08:17 PM

SO! When do we get to clone one? I really wonder how a Neanderthal growing up in our modern world would act. Would his/her behavior be different in a fundamental way? How would the specimen react to being told that it's the only one of its kind, and its blood relatives had died out thousands of years ago? Would we release him/her into the wild world of today, or would we keep him/her isolated for study?
Edited by EVanimations, 23 October 2012 - 08:19 PM.
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#57
Posted 23 October 2012 - 08:31 PM

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#58
Posted 23 October 2012 - 08:34 PM

I would bet that they would be cared for at a lab while they were young and then released with someone or a couple and they do checkups often. It would be a life with little privacy though.
How intelligent were these Neanderthals? Were they even intelligent at all? Did they even have language?
See here: - http://en.wikipedia....iki/Neanderthal
“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.”
Stephen Hawking
#59
Posted 23 October 2012 - 08:38 PM

Edited by EVanimations, 23 October 2012 - 08:41 PM.
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#60
Posted 24 October 2012 - 01:00 AM

Edited by Zeitgeist123, 24 October 2012 - 01:01 AM.
“Philosophy is a pretty toy if one indulges in it with moderation at the right time of life. But if one pursues it further than one should, it is absolute ruin." - Callicles to Socrates
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