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Big eyes? Last week it was reported that bunny rabbits caused the demise of the Neanderthals. I forget what it was that caused the demise of the Neanderthals t
by droithomme 14y ago
Big eyes? Last week it was reported that bunny rabbits caused the demise of the Neanderthals.
I forget what it was that caused the demise of the Neanderthals two weeks ago. Maybe that they had red hair and sunburned easily.
I guess that means it's been three weeks since the last announcement that another "nearby earth-like planet" has been discovered.
- vwinsyee 14y agoActually, a few days ago, an NPR article [1] suggested the possibility that the Neanderthals didn't exactly 'die out'. Rather: "We neither murdered them nor outcompeted them. We mated with them and, in time, simply folded them into our species until they disappeared." Also, related to some other comments, the same NPR article claims that "there's evidence they thought about life in complicated ways" based on how they cared for an elder and their burial rituals. [1] http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/03/08/173813194/what-happened-when-humans-met-an-alien-intelligence-sex-happened http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/03/08/173813194/what-...