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[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I was initially really confused by this meme because Neanderthals were actually creative and rather culturally rich, unlike this administration.

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i think you've got to consider the audience. roughly 1 in 5 americans are ILLITERATE. about 1 in 2 americans read at a 6th grade level. it's easier to manipulate these people than a bunch of preschool kids.

[–] tischbier@feddit.org 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This makes me feel simultaneously very good and very very bad.

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How does it make you feel very good? Honest question - I'm a bit stoned

[–] tischbier@feddit.org 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Oh I was born with a min-max build. While I am keenly aware of my deficits, I am also aware of my specific sharp intelligence. Mostly because I have to use and hone my specific intelligence to mitigate my disabilities to get over life hurdles.

It makes me feel good because, this means I have more of a chance in life than I believe I do. I should feel more grateful and more motivated. Which is maybe the only positive thing about such a terrible fact. That one in five people are illiterate.

I don’t like feeling I am above anyone however. I tend to greatly dislike like feelings of superiority, raw competition, or feelings driven by pure ego.

Ultimately, I was aiming for making an implied joke: haha wow i can absolutely read loool neat! Oh no, so many people can’t read….this is horrible…this is really really bad.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Neanderthals were a lot like homosapiens (in fact they could breed, and they did) They could paint cave walls. They had culture and social structures. They were destroyed by violent invaders.

[–] tischbier@feddit.org 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

My family has a high percentage of genetic Neanderthal ancestry. I think about my Neanderthal ancestors in passing.

I do hold a bit of grief that I will never know them, or our Neanderthal culture, or what happened. I will never know or understand their funeral rights. And I will never be able to honor them in a way they would appreciate.

Neanderthals only became extinct from earth a mere 40,000 years ago. But there’s new science that just dropped this week that our hybrid offspring existed and lived alongside Homosapien for much longer:

The dating of the Lapedo Child thus expands the debate on the extent and duration of human-Neanderthal interactions. Genetic evidence suggests interbreeding began at least 49,000 years ago and continued for roughly 7,000 years. However, if the Lapedo Child, a hybrid individual, lived around 28,000 years ago, then questions arise as to whether genetic exchanges lasted longer than previously thought or whether hybrid traits appeared in later generations. March 7, 2025 Archeology Mag

Some of us from the East have Denisovian genetics. They became extinct only 25,000 years ago, I believe.

Compared to all of humanoid existence— being alone as the sole humanoid species is the anomaly.

All of time and history up until modern history Homo Sapiens shared our earth. But as far as I understand, we have no modern cultural memory or history of our interactions. Only through our modern science and forensics do we attempt to piece together our real humanoid history.

Now we look to the stars and ask why are we all alone on this planet?

And I can’t help but conclude the same as you: We are alone because at some point…we decided to be the only humanoids.

[–] match@pawb.social 1 points 5 months ago

the level of neanderthal ancestry in modern humans suggests they were destroyed by horny invaders

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I still am. This comic (I don’t think it’s a “meme”) makes no sense.

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He's being told to stop inventing the wheel.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I get that but what do Neanderthals have to do with it?

[–] Sidhean@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago

Not ONE of the wheel-builders even said thank you for building the wheels. RUDE and SAD! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

[–] match@pawb.social 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago