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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02110-y/figures/3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02110-y/figures/3 The link has images of some of the to
by kittikitti 2y ago
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02110-y/figures/3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02110-y/figures/3
The link has images of some of the tools they found. Do you think we could teach a Neanderthal to code?
- scotty79 2y agoSure. 95% of software development is banging rocks together until they fit the purpose anyways.
- b800h 2y agoIt's entirely possible that they were more intelligent in some ways than contemporary Homo Sapiens. How they were overwhelmed is open to question. Perhaps just numerically - they were adapted for cold environments and may have been less fecund.
- setopt 2y agoI’ve also seen estimates that Neanderthals required 2x-5x more calories per day than us, which translates into 2x-5x less population density. That’s one way to get overwhelmed.
- thaumasiotes 2y ago> required 2x-5x more calories per day than us, which translates into 2x-5x less population density If you assume that they're equally productive, sure. Why assume that?
- b800h 2y agoI think "than us" here is quite mistaken reasoning, particularly for those of us with lots of Neanderthal DNA.
- saalweachter 2y agoAlso, "than us doing what"? Thru-hikers are often expecting to burn like 6000 calories a day. Arctic explorers burned up to something like 10,000. Would Neanderthals burn 30-50,000 calories in the same situation, or is that just "what Neanderthals did all day", as opposed to me, a guy sitting at a desk, burning 2000-2500 when I get my steps in?
- mobilejdral 2y ago3 of the 4 dna samples show signs of nonclassic CAH. This limited their reproduction abilities as 50% of babies would have CAH and die at birth until they integrated with proto-humans and had higher genetic diversity.
- hulitu 2y ago[flagged]