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You talk about burden of proof like the overarching topic of contention isn't whether or not Neanderthals had the capacity for symbolic thought at all. The obs
by imhelpingu 9y ago
You talk about burden of proof like the overarching topic of contention isn't whether or not Neanderthals had the capacity for symbolic thought at all. The observation that we keep inventing new OOA migrations and then pushing them back by hundreds of thousands of years is entirely noteworthy as is the fact that these conclusions about Neanderthals are based on certainty that humans arrived in Europe 40K years ago instead of 60K years ago.
- behindmyscreen 9y agoWe know when neanderthal was living in Europe and we think we know when Humans arrived. Based on the evidence that we have, the conclusion is that neanderthal has symbolic thought. I am not saying it is not possible that modern humans are not responsible for the cave paintings. I am saying that all we have is evidence for a settlement in Israel that is old enough to show Humans could have migrated OOA much sooner than thought. That settlement is not evidence that they did. If you find more data then we can talk about it. A settlement of modern humans in the Balkans or even in Anatolia during that time frame would at least bolster the argument.