Your garden variety liberal seems to share that trait, only I call it "arrested development".
Chicken or egg. I would argue the long maturation phase for the human mind makes human living more complex: The smarter you are, the more complexity you can see, understand, create, and deal wth.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't understand your Theory of Evolution. If gradual change were introduced over millions of years through genetic drift, I might be able grasp this concept. But your modern conception of punctuated equilibrium frightens me. When my brain became bigger, why did my childhood lengthen at the same time? And does the complexity of our modern lives create the need for a long childhood? Or does a long childhood facilitate the introduction of a complex life? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I ask you: doesn't such synergy suggest to you the possibility of an intelligent design rather than random change?"
Hmmm. Neanderthals survived until 24,500 years ago, not 35,000.
Once beer and wine were discovered it was often drank more than water because it was 'safe'.
Duh! So-called "Neanderthals" WERE as human as we were.
Their cranial capacities equaled or exceeded those of modern man.
I don't understand evolution. If we (humans) evolved over millions of years, why did the Neandert(h)als die out 35,000 years ago? And if we were so similiar, why has human evolution excellerated (sp) to such a degree to allow us to be 'modern' man without any evolutionary changes over the past 35,000 years?
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The tooth is out there.
We actually never mature completely. Our maturation stops in early childhood, almost babyhood, but we continue to grow. Thus we are hairless, toothless, and weak as kittens even as adults. Even sexual maturity is very late. Any ape our size would have teeth and fur and be able to whup a grizzly with a stick.
Y'know, I think this topic is a little long in the tooth... let's see...
Neanderthal Teeth Grew No Faster Than Comparable Modern Humans'
Ohio State Research | Monday, September 19, 2005 | Staff
Posted on 09/19/2005 5:11:50 PM EDT by DaveLoneRanger
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1487528/posts
here's something pretty much unrelated, but old and in the way:
Scientists Discover Second Genus of Early Human
Source: Yahoo!
Published: March 21, 2001 Author: Adrian Blomfield
Posted on 03/21/2001 14:53:19 PST by D. Skippy
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3ab930df74bd.htm
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Just updating, not sending a general distribution.To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.The Neandertal EnigmaFrayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127] |
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