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Ooh - They'll have to push back the beginnings
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RE: Ooh - They'll have to push back the beginnings
October 2, 2014 at 5:25 pm (This post was last modified: October 2, 2014 at 5:26 pm by Minimalist.)
Quote:Neanderthal overall rate of progress only seemed low compared to HSS only because there were many fewer Neanderthals available to think up innovations.

Right, and scattered across a wide area. I have seen estimates of a max HNS population of 15,000 in an area from the Crimea to Spain. Scattered in bands of 20-30 people. Even if someone made a major innovation the mechanism for spreading it beyond the group must have been quite haphazard.




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Ooh - They'll have to push back the beginnings - by Minimalist - September 18, 2014 at 11:24 am
RE: Ooh - They'll have to push back the beginnings - by robvalue - September 18, 2014 at 11:54 am
RE: Ooh - They'll have to push back the beginnings - by Tonus - September 18, 2014 at 12:24 pm
RE: Ooh - They'll have to push back the beginnings - by Brakeman - September 18, 2014 at 12:38 pm
RE: Ooh - They'll have to push back the beginnings - by Tonus - September 18, 2014 at 1:09 pm
RE: Ooh - They'll have to push back the beginnings - by KUSA - September 18, 2014 at 1:17 pm
RE: Ooh - They'll have to push back the beginnings - by Exian - September 18, 2014 at 9:46 pm
RE: Ooh - They'll have to push back the beginnings - by Minimalist - October 2, 2014 at 5:25 pm

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