RE: 130,000 years ago? Even Neandertal Fucks the Creatards
March 15, 2015 at 11:46 am
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2015 at 11:58 am by Anomalocaris.)
Why is everyone dancing around the fact that total neanderthal populations were consistently estimated to have been much smaller? I see sociological reasons gets the short thrift.
Also, there is hint that neanderthal children mature differently from AMHS, and neaderthal female may not experience or live beyond menopause, thus neaderthal family and societies may by necessity be structured in a way that reduce marginal effectiveness of generation to generation knowledge transfer.
When one asks why neaderthal societies failed to undergo agricultural revolution, one overlooks the fact that when AMHS underwent agricultural revolution only after the global climate has changed dramatically since when Neanderthals still lived, and while Neanderthals yet lived, no AMHS underwent agricultural revolution either, and once last major glacial maximum waned, agricultural revolution may have occurred independently in several different AMHS within a comparatively short period. All this suggests environment played a dominating role in preventing agriculture while Neanderthals yet lived.
Also, there is hint that neanderthal children mature differently from AMHS, and neaderthal female may not experience or live beyond menopause, thus neaderthal family and societies may by necessity be structured in a way that reduce marginal effectiveness of generation to generation knowledge transfer.
When one asks why neaderthal societies failed to undergo agricultural revolution, one overlooks the fact that when AMHS underwent agricultural revolution only after the global climate has changed dramatically since when Neanderthals still lived, and while Neanderthals yet lived, no AMHS underwent agricultural revolution either, and once last major glacial maximum waned, agricultural revolution may have occurred independently in several different AMHS within a comparatively short period. All this suggests environment played a dominating role in preventing agriculture while Neanderthals yet lived.
