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I agree. To my knowledge we have also evidence of art made by neanderthals in France. Of course they would have known how to do wood work. They already extract tar(?) from birch…
by _bernd · Oct 7, 2026
Neanderthals Were Adept Woodworkers Too
by Tomte · Oct 7, 2026 · 3 points
You said this “ My real concern is that the stated goal of the AI companies is to do this to every human job. ” I just showed how it’s not true. In your Neanderthals example: wo…
by simianwords · Oct 7, 2026
The thing with Neanderthals is that there is much more crossbreeding observed in genetic lines between Neanderthal males and AMH females than Neanderthal females and AMH males,…
by seba_dos1 · Oct 6, 2026
I think you are very naïve about how complicated language is. I'm not saying animals lack any intelligence whatsoever, but I don't see how remembering faces means you'll be able…
by suddenlybananas · Oct 6, 2026
It's not as simple as that either. > The genetic differences between Neanderthals and all modern humans (amounting to about 30,000) are far less than the differences between two…
by kelseyfrog · Oct 5, 2026
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Neanderthals are an extinct group of archaic humans who inhabited Europe and Western and Central Asia during the Middle to Late Pleistocene. Neanderthal extinction occurred roughly 40,000 years ago with the immigration of modern humans (Cro-Magnons), but Neanderthals in Gibraltar may have persisted for thousands of years longer. Read more on Wikipedia