Interesting thoughts.

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Interesting thoughts.

Author: iairishcheeks (25788 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 10:47 pm on Sep 25, 2024

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There was someone I was listening to recently, can't remember who, that suggested that agricultural societies eliminated hunter-gatherer societies over time mostly unintentionally through disease. Since many diseases jump to humans in close proximity to domesticated animals, herding societies would encounter hunter-gatherer and the hunter-gatherers would die from some flu they had no immunity for. It is not thought that herding existed 40K years ago when neanderthals went extinct (or were assimilated) but I think similar hypotheses could have some merit.

So, by your hypothesis, neanderthals and denisovans left Africa earlier and were assimilated/absorbed into populations that left Africa later. It's interesting.

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Is fighting for territory a core driver in the psyche of our species? - Curly1918 - 7:37am 9/25/24 (24) [View All]
- Neocon's morning rant. Survival is a human trait. Russia is fighting western neocon for survival. - Eli - 10:13am 9/25/24
  - Asinine. Russia was in no existential peril. You’re a doofus. [NT] - Chris94 - 5:47pm 9/25/24
  - Russia is fighting to absorb and control Ukraine which is part of its expansionist history. - Frank L - 11:08am 9/25/24
  - Russia was a tiny hamlet til the 16th century... when they began fighting for survival THRU CONQUEST - Curly1918 - 10:36am 9/25/24
    - So Nato's aggressive expansion in 21st century is against Russia's 16th century's expansion? WTF - Eli - 11:27am 9/25/24
      - Eastern block NATO countries applied to get in and be protected against Putin's aggression. - Curly1918 - 11:59am 9/25/24
        1 Why you brought up 16th century then? 2 Nato expansion started before Putin. 3 You violated - Eli - 12:15pm 9/25/24
        Nato does not have territory... it has members who want to protect their own territory. - Curly1918 - 12:40pm 9/25/24
      - No idiot. Russia’s expansion is. Again, there was zero chance of Ukraine joining NATO when that - Frank L - 11:44am 9/25/24
        Go home to learn some 101. You're too ignorant to my taste. You know that. [NT] - Eli - 11:50am 9/25/24
        I accept your white flag. [NT] - Frank L - 12:01pm 9/25/24
    - Correct. The problem for them is what was acceptable in terms of conquest in earlier centuries no - Frank L - 11:09am 9/25/24
      - Nobody told Putin that he's just acting out his primate instincts to his country's detriment. - Curly1918 - 11:32am 9/25/24
- Regarding your comment on higher primates: Chimps vs Bonobos. [LINK] - iairishcheeks - 9:49am 9/25/24
  - If "chimps" and "bonobos" live in the same area, who gets the resources? - NedoftheHill - 9:55am 9/25/24
    - Between neanderthals and sapiens, which is the chimp and bonobo? - iairishcheeks - 10:22am 9/25/24
      - Neither. - Iggle - 11:01am 9/25/24
        Ability to interbreed is not how we define species. [LINK] - iairishcheeks - 12:24pm 9/25/24
        Their offspring are not fertile. They are like mules. - Iggle - 1:19pm 9/25/24
        Now do Wolves, Dogs and Coyotes. - iairishcheeks - 3:17pm 9/25/24
        Wolves and dogs split off even more recently - Iggle - 5:00pm 9/25/24
        I think we're splitting hairs between species and sub species definitions. - iairishcheeks - 7:37pm 9/25/24
        The only thing I am asserting - Iggle - 9:11pm 9/25/24
        Interesting thoughts. - iairishcheeks - 10:47pm 9/25/24