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To: imardmd1

Urantra nonsense aside, our hunter-gatherer ancestors were seemingly hard wired for religion. Any look at today’s hunter-gatherers would support such an assertion. Archaeologists and anthropologists consistently underestimate the intelligence of our ancestors.


15 posted on 03/05/2014 4:03:27 PM PST by JimSEA
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To: JimSEA
Archaeologists and anthropologists consistently underestimate the intelligence of our ancestors.

Considering that cro-magnon had an average brain capacity of 1600cc vs. 14 for "modern" man, yes. There is no possibility that the average Justin Bieber fan could survive on their wits in a world plunged into an ice age due to a superabundance of green technology.

16 posted on 03/05/2014 4:08:47 PM PST by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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Archaeologists and anthropologists consistently underestimate the intelligence of our ancestors.

And consistently overestimate our own.

20 posted on 03/05/2014 5:56:43 PM PST by Bernard Marx
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"Archaeologists and anthropologists consistently underestimate the intelligence of our ancestors."

We are in very tight agreement.

21 posted on 03/05/2014 6:31:28 PM PST by blam
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