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Andrew Smith's avatar

The more we continue to learn about Neanderthals, the more we start to understand that they were us, and we were them. I'm not even convinced cro-magnons were smarter per se, but they certainly outbred Neanderthals (and subsumed them into the same species!).

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Prateek Dasgupta's avatar

Anyone outside Africa has a strong Neanderthal component, especially Europeans and Middle Eastern people.

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Harrison's avatar

Love this!

How did the ancient Romans feed their armies? Why did the tradition of feasting begin? When was the potato chip invented? Explore when foods were first cultivated, from prehistory to present day:

https://thesecretingredient.substack.com/p/when-did-your-favorite-foods-originate

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Ishani Dasgupta's avatar

Quite interesting. Would like to know more about why they went extinct

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