[SunkenCiv]

This article is about another piece on "why did N go extinct?!?" by Rachel Caspari who should know better.

The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve
in local libraries

Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]

[dhs12345]

Interesting. Read that the reason women live longer is to provide support for raising the grandchildren. Cause and effect is debatable but grandmothers performed an important role in the family back with life was tougher.

“...because early humans died so young.” Some (many?) environmentalists dream and maybe even wish for humans to return to this existence. They believe that there are too many humans.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

So way back in the day life itself was like certain sports where you can’t seriously compete after an age like 30. To me this suggests that man’s biggest enemy was other men. Because if you didn’t have to worry about other men, if you made it to 30 you could probably make it to 40.

My reasoning here is this. It doesn’t make sense to me that a 20 year old could outrun a tiger but a 30 year old could not. Probably neither could. Also probably a 30 year old could still hunt/gather enough calories to sustain himself.

But where 30 starts getting old is having to compete in a fight to the death with a 22 year old. In that case he’s going to have a real problem. Some might succeed based on guile and experience but probably physical strength and endurance were more important.

At some point humans probably changed some of the social parameters and stopped killing each other off as they had in the past.

[LearsFool]

Methuselah lived to a ripe old age.

[Flycatcher]

Neanderthals found in Croatia, who lived about 130,000 years ago, suggests "no one survived past 30".

Well on the plus side, at least they didn't have to put up with AARP leftist crap sent through the mail...

[fightinJAG]

Thanks to Liberals, we are again headed to a place where there not only are no grandparents, but no parents. Not because of lifespan, but because of relationship span and failure to form relationships in the first place.

Which of the step-mothers, if any, is “my” mother? Which of the step-siblings and half-siblings constitute a funtional sibling group? Who is this new loser living in the mom’s bedroom and what happened to the old loser?

[kidd]

Interesting.

And now, in present day China,
uncles, aunts, sisters and brothers are very rare.