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Re:Denisovan DNA found in cave on Tibetan Plateau by vmception on Friday October 30, 2020 @02:11PM (#24945188)
Thats basically the only consideration.

Some future civilization is going to find an American frozen on Mt Everest and think that was our favorite habitat.

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Re:Denisovan DNA found in cave on Tibetan Plateau by backtoyoujim on Friday October 30, 2020 @02:32PM (#24945413)
The discovery of Ötzi didn't lead contemporary humans to believe something like that.
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Re:Denisovan DNA found in cave on Tibetan Plateau by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Friday October 30, 2020 @02:21PM (#24945324)
They'll probably find the trash first.
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Re:Denisovan DNA found in cave on Tibetan Plateau by dahfizz on Friday October 30, 2020 @03:09PM (#24945728)
And in keeping with anthropologist tradition, they will assume all the trash was part of some significant religious ceremony.
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Re:Denisovan DNA found in cave on Tibetan Plateau by hutzlibu on Friday October 30, 2020 @07:00PM (#24947650)
If you have a wide defintion of religion, one could argue that is the case.

Because most who go (and die) there, have no fun doing it.

There are plenty of beautiful mountains, but most just want to stand on this particular mountain (sometimes after being dragged up there), because of some numbers. Not because of the mountain.

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Re:Denisovan DNA found in cave on Tibetan Plateau by JohnJamesRambo on Friday October 30, 2020 @03:18PM (#24945840)
The climbers would don their Green Boots in hopes of meeting the God at the top.
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Re:Denisovan DNA found in cave on Tibetan Plateau by PrinceKropotkin on Friday October 30, 2020 @10:27PM (#24948675)
Mountaineering is literally a mountain cult (non-pejoratively) so this wouldn't even be inaccurate once you translate "religion" into anthropological terms.
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Re:Denisovan DNA found in cave on Tibetan Plateau by crusty on Saturday October 31, 2020 @01:44PM (#24953536)
Isn't it though? All kneel before consumerism, the one true God.
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