Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis-Mr._N Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date February 6, 2024 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyLinguisticsPaleontology Tagged , burial, death, Emory University, Europe, genetic admixture, Günter Bechly, Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, human origins, humans, invertebrates, life, life after death, Neanderthals, octopuses, Psychology Today, religion, symbolic thinking, uncanny valley Were Neanderthals Religious? Denyse O’Leary February 6, 2024 Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Paleontology 5 We can’t poll long-dead Neanderthals on life, death, and the hereafter but the evidence we’ve dug up suggests they were thinking about that kind of thing. Read More ›
Neanderthal skull Type post Author Günter Bechly Date February 2, 2024 CategoriesAnatomyHuman Origins and AnthropologyPaleontology Tagged , antibiotics, behavior, body decoration, cave art, cavemen, Fossil Friday (series), gene pool, genetic admixture, glue, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, human nature, human uniqueness, jewelry, Neanderthals, ochre, painkillers, seafood, stone circles, Svante Pääbo, Thomas Huxley, University of Toronto Fossil Friday: New Evidence for the Human Nature of Neanderthals Günter Bechly February 2, 2024 Anatomy, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology 17 What is at stake is not just some esoteric species problem in the ivory tower, but the very question of human nature and human uniqueness. Read More ›