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Neanderthal or Cretin? A Debate Over Iodine
New York Times ^
| December 1, 1998
| John Noble Wilford
Posted on 08/24/2006 11:13:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I thought it was interesting too. I noticed the "marine resources" weren't fish. My hair isn't red, but it is reddish & I don't eat fish or clams (blech) by choice. :o)
Availability versus some kind of genetic predisposition to like or dislike certain food? While taste in foods certainly has to do with the foods we're given when young, that is not the the full picture. "Just try a little" doesn't always work. We simply do not like some foods right out of the gate.
If one has had a bad experience that gets associated with eating a certain food, an unintended bad association can be created. If a population got sick from eating tainted fish or if there was some other kind of bug that was unrelated to the fish, but somehow got associated with eating it, one would see fish taken off of the menu. Adults don't eat it, they don't feed it to their children & the children won't think of it as good food.
To: GoLightly
I think the fact that the debate was over iodine and not, say, merthialate, mercurochrome, or bactine, says volumes about their scientific priorities.
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08/25/2006 11:28:35 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: GoLightly
I think that Stringer article might make a good standalone FR topic. We'll have to have something about Neandertal in next week's Digest, just to avoid symptoms of withdrawal.
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08/25/2006 11:29:46 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I think the fact that the debate was over iodine and not, say, merthialate, mercurochrome, or bactine, says volumes about their scientific priorities. LOL You're dating yourself.
To: GoLightly
I think the Mousterian period still has a large Question Mark hanging over it.
Speaking of dating myself...
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08/25/2006 11:52:28 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: GoLightly
Speaking of Neandertal forebears...
Tribal Americans?
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08/25/2006 11:54:06 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I think the Mousterian period still has a large Question Mark hanging over it. I agree.
To: SunkenCiv
Interesting. Was that a reconstructive type pic or just some artist's conceptual depiction?
To: GoLightly
I don't know, saw it at one of your links above.
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08/26/2006 12:12:17 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I found it. Too bad the links on his "Morphology" page don't go anywhere.
To: GoLightly
350,000 years ago? Are you sure? I was fudging a little, taking H. heidelbergensis as an early form of Neanderthal. But I know Neanderthal appeared long before Cro Magnon, so I think the main point's valid.
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08/26/2006 4:00:25 AM PDT
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Grut
To: Grut
Of course your main point was valid, which is why there was no need to use a fudge factor on the timeline.
To: GoLightly
Mainly, I was too lazy to look it up and took a WAG.
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08/26/2006 2:10:46 PM PDT
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Grut
Note: this topic is from . The original article is from 1998. Shows how the perspectives have changed and how much the old, pretty stupid view about Neandertal, has mostly died off.
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07/16/2019 7:27:12 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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