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Scientists solve mystery of plunge in IQ across Europe 2,000 years ago
Daily Mail (via MSN.com) ^ | 06 January 2025 | Xantha Leatham

Posted on 01/07/2025 7:07:33 AM PST by zeestephen

It was one of the most technologically advanced empires in history...But the Romans may have been battling with cognitive decline due to pollution, according to a study...Researchers suggest that widespread lead pollution - caused by mining - lowered the IQ of essentially the entire European population at the time.

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KEYWORDS: fakescience; godsgravesglyphs; iq; lead; nonsense; nowaytomeasure; purespeculation; romanempire; trope
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To: rktman

Wokeism, DEI, Liberalism, communism, & numerous wars.


21 posted on 01/07/2025 7:23:27 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: zeestephen

BS

There is zero possibility of measuring IQ of dead people


22 posted on 01/07/2025 7:23:39 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: rktman
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23 posted on 01/07/2025 7:23:41 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Repeal The 17th
Re: "How was the IQ of Europeans 2000 years ago determined?"

Scientists watched Russell Crowe in "Gladiator" three times.

24 posted on 01/07/2025 7:23:42 AM PST by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost Wisc, Mich, and Penn, by 230,000 votes.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Lead poisoning, an old trope about the Roman Empire.

25 posted on 01/07/2025 7:25:02 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: marktwain
"There were no Muslims 2000 years ago."

Granted. However it is sarcasm, not history. Thanks for the fact check.

I know that Mad Mo and the goat raping savages arose shortly after the fall of the western Roman Empire in the 6th century.

Please proofread and repost my comment as well while you are at it.

26 posted on 01/07/2025 7:25:28 AM PST by wildcard_redneck
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To: zeestephen

Liberalism..................


27 posted on 01/07/2025 7:26:53 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Oh. Reading the article, it seems they estimate a drop of โ€œ2 or 3 points.โ€ Yeah, this article can safely be disregarded.


28 posted on 01/07/2025 7:28:03 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: packagingguy

Lol- step away from the bottle sir!


29 posted on 01/07/2025 7:28:15 AM PST by Bob434
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To: zeestephen

60 years ago, they said it was the cooking pots


30 posted on 01/07/2025 7:28:28 AM PST by sopo
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To: zeestephen

One son was taught lead in plumbing was the fall of Rome, nothing to do with government or a depraved culture. Makes perfect sense to ban gas water heaters today, that’s the problem, ๐Ÿ˜†


31 posted on 01/07/2025 7:29:39 AM PST by small farm girl
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To: Repeal The 17th

32 posted on 01/07/2025 7:30:29 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: small farm girl

One son was taught lead in plumbing was the fall of Rome


and remember the increase in regulation regarding lead that happened at the same time.


33 posted on 01/07/2025 7:31:27 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Repeal The 17th
ow was the IQ of Europeans 2000 years ago determined?

That a key question, considered by those not suffering from this alleged "drop".

34 posted on 01/07/2025 7:31:52 AM PST by GingisK
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To: zeestephen

Yes, and no.
Lead was widely used in the past.
It is actually very good material.
Easy to melt, malleable, noncorrosive.
Ideal for plumbing!
Romans had all hose plumbing made from lead.


35 posted on 01/07/2025 7:33:58 AM PST by AZJeep
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36 posted on 01/07/2025 7:34:28 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: pierrem15

Good point, thank you!


37 posted on 01/07/2025 7:37:46 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: PGR88

Well, that ‘splains a lot. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ‘


38 posted on 01/07/2025 7:38:47 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‘!)
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To: PGR88

For those not wanting to look it up, a link:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consanguinity


39 posted on 01/07/2025 7:40:56 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‘!)
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To: logi_cal869

Lead pipes used to be common, if you look into the Flint situation the lead leaching issue arose when they switched from the Lake Huron water to the corrosive Flint river water about 2014 which caused the lead pipes to start leaching their lead.


40 posted on 01/07/2025 7:42:26 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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