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Selection and Use of Manganese Dioxide by Neanderthals
- zelcon5 11y agoMore proof that Neanderthals were as smart as, if not smarter than, _Homo sapiens sapiens_.
- lqdc13 11y agoHow is this proof of that? They just found something that worked through trial and error.
- EdwardDiego 11y agoAs opposed to... what we do?
- a_imho 11y agoBuild a model, predict a particle and verify its existence?
- norea-armozel 11y agoThat's a relatively recent development in terms of systemizing knowledge discovery. Prior, people literally just mixed stuff together to see what happened.
- lqdc13 11y agoNon-human animals also find random things that work for whatever it is they're doing. Chimps eat a plant called Veronia that kills gut parasites. Does it mean chimps are smarter than humans and are also doctors?
- imglorp 11y agotldr: The report suggests they used powdered MnO2 to make fire starting easier. The Wikipedia entry for MnO2 already references this article :-)
- tantalor 11y agoArticle uses the term bloc 60+ times without ever defining it other than to say it is small and black.