RE: 130,000 years ago? Even Neandertal Fucks the Creatards
March 14, 2015 at 9:28 pm
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2015 at 9:30 pm by Regina.)
(March 13, 2015 at 6:39 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: I think the most interesting thing about neanderthals isn't really what they made, but what they lacked that makes us different. Keep in mind they were around for 100,000 years longer than we've been around as a species and yet in all the extra time they had on us, never developed civilization. Why?It is strange, and saying "harsh climate" isn't really an answer either. Egypt's civilisation developed as an indirect response to the Sahara forming so "harsh climate" doesn't explain it.
I'd say maybe they were just slightly less intelligent than modern humans (*modern* meaning our species), intelligent enough that they could live like pre-agricultural modern humans could, but just not intelligent enough for agriculture, literacy and advanced engineering to catch on.
The discovery of agriculture is really what marks the beginning of human civilisation (in most cases, certainly with the Middle East, Europe and China). Maybe if the Neanderthals started farming they might still be here...
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