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[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Huh I never thought about Neanderthals that way, but it makes sense. Crazy that now we refer to them as "less civilized" or more "savage", considering what war is.

[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

To add to that, evidence suggests that, not only were their brains larger than ours, but they likely had a higher capacity to learn than we do. Not to mention them being bigger and stronger than us too. We most certainly were the savages. It seems some things never change.

[–] Email@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

It's also known, from an invasive frog (cane toad) in Australia, that adaptation can occur due to rate of travel. I'm not sure that's relevant here, it's just another example of how we've found quirks of evolution.