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Re:Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before ... by danielbln on Sunday September 22, 2024 @02:19PM (#41618859)
Or slaves.
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Re:Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before ... by brink on Sunday September 22, 2024 @03:07PM (#41619175)
Masters have bred with slaves since the beginning of history. Abraham and Hagar, for example.
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Re:Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before ... by inglor_cz on Sunday September 22, 2024 @02:33PM (#41618977)
You don't really need slaves in a hunter and gatherer society (no agriculture, no construction, no mining = no backbreaking work that free people are loath to do), and you don't really have the institutions to keep them from running away.

As far as our observations of Stone Age people go, if they catch someone, they either kill them or make them a permanent member of the group.

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