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[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (18 children)

I first read it as neanderthals are less aggressive so they must focus now on weapons. I'm pretty sure the intention is that the guys working on the wheel have to stop because the current leadership are neanderthals.

I think neanderthals were less war-like than humans because humans eradicated all of them, but I'm probably reading too much into it.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Huh I never thought about Neanderthals that way, but it makes sense. Crazy that now we refer to them as "less civilized" or more "savage", considering what war is.

[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

To add to that, evidence suggests that, not only were their brains larger than ours, but they likely had a higher capacity to learn than we do. Not to mention them being bigger and stronger than us too. We most certainly were the savages. It seems some things never change.

https://www.fortinberrymurray.com/todays-research/were-the-neanderthals-smarter-than-we-are

[–] Email@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's also known, from an invasive frog (cane toad) in Australia, that adaptation can occur due to rate of travel. I'm not sure that's relevant here, it's just another example of how we've found quirks of evolution.

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