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Neanderthals weren't that smart

POSTED BY: KPO
UPDATED: Monday, March 18, 2013 12:01
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Friday, March 15, 2013 1:44 PM

KPO

Sometimes you own the libs. Sometimes, the libs own you.


Study suggests that although they had big brains, more of theirs' was devoted to visual processing rather than high-level processing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21759233

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Friday, March 15, 2013 4:11 PM

AURAPTOR

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Quote:

"They were very, very smart, but not quite in the same league as Homo sapiens," he told BBC News.


Being smarter than the average bear only gets you so far, it seems.


I think I read somewhere that Neanders likely didn't have the ability to communicate verbally as did Homo sapiens.

There's a joke about women in there, but I'm too lazy to figure it out.

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Friday, March 15, 2013 5:43 PM

JONGSSTRAW


Neanderthals had Cheney and Rumsfeld. Cro-Magnons had Daryl Hannah and Raquel Welch. So what'd ya expect...

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Saturday, March 16, 2013 3:25 AM

AURAPTOR

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Neanderthals had Cheney and Rumsfeld. Cro-Magnons had Daryl Hannah and Raquel Welch. So what'd ya expect...



Rae Dawn Chong fits nicely in there too, somewhere.

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Saturday, March 16, 2013 6:34 PM

FREMDFIRMA


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Being smarter than the average bear only gets you so far, it seems.


Being *faster* than the average bear prolly helps more!

Just sayin.

-F

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Sunday, March 17, 2013 12:20 PM

AURAPTOR

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Quote:

Originally posted by FREMDFIRMA:
Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Being smarter than the average bear only gets you so far, it seems.


Being *faster* than the average bear prolly helps more!

Just sayin.

-F



Naw. Don't have to be faster than any bear. I just have to be faster than the other guy.

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Monday, March 18, 2013 12:01 PM

JONGSSTRAW


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:

Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Neanderthals had Cheney and Rumsfeld. Cro-Magnons had Daryl Hannah and Raquel Welch. So what'd ya expect...



Rae Dawn Chong fits nicely in there too, somewhere.


You ever see Rae Dawn in the Outer Limits episode "The Second Soul"? One of my O/L favorites, it also starred 'Forrest Gump's Bubba, Mykelti Williamson.

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