Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Research Finds

Re:Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Resea... by fsloth on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @11:26AM (#20565744)

I think the fact that we can organize billion souls under the flag of a nation state speaks volumes enough.

Did neanderthals have this capacity? I don't know. But if their psychology did not facilitate large scale collaboration, a violent human tribe killing a bunch of them now and again would explain some part why they disappeared.

I'm not saying a human tribe hunted them - just that a violent human tribe would attack all hominids around them.

And if the Neanderthals did not have this capacity for mass violence, in time these conflicts would dwindle their numbers.

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Re:Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Resea... by cambaceres on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @04:41PM (#20568906)

Is there some evidence that neanderthals did not organize themselves in tribes? I think we were just more aggressive and killed them all.

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Re:Humans Interbred with Four Extinct Hominin Species, Resea... by camelNotation on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @02:02PM (#20637201)

It's not enough to be more aggressive. You have to be more aggressive in larger, more coordinated groups. The greatest warrior in history couldn't fight off an army on his own.

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