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Neanderthals

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Denyse O'Leary
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November 30, 2019
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At The Scientist: No, we did not kill off the Neanderthals but maybe we helped

Denyse O'Leary
November 30, 2019
extinction, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
If the Neanderthal woman was living and having kids with a non-Neanderthal man, she wasn’t living and having kids with a Neanderthal man. Perhaps, if non-Neanderthal men were more numerous, it was only a matter of time and only the usual amount of violence, rather than a big massacre. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 1, 2019
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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More Neanderthal eagle jewelry found in the Iberian Peninsula

Denyse O'Leary
November 1, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
Most likely the underlying issue for the dissenters is that the anthropologists are Darwinians and in any Darwinian scheme, someone must be the subhuman. Otherwise, there is no beginning to human history. The Neanderthals are convenient for the purpose. If we found a Stone Age laptop among the Neanderthal artifacts, the same people might still be claiming it didn’t prove anything. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 4, 2019
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Projectiles found at 20 kya earlier than thought. An advantage for modern humans vs Neanderthals?

Denyse O'Leary
October 4, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
The thesis that modern humans had a competitive advantage in projectiles might be a bit hasty. One is reminded of the claim that modern humans could do art and Neanderthals couldn’t, and then we found Neanderthal art. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 19, 2019
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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What Neanderthal jewelry means

Denyse O'Leary
August 19, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
It’s not just that the ornaments did not have a practical use. They probably expressed something. Eagle talons, for example, might imply something about the person who wore them, in the same way that a peace sign implies something about the wearer today. But it may have implied the opposite thing. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 6, 2019
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Intelligent Design
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Well, if Neanderthal history is as complex as other human histories…

Denyse O'Leary
July 6, 2019
Intelligent Design
That's bad for "evolutionary theory." Actual histories of the Neanderthals are like actual histories of the Navaho or the Welsh. What they “would have” done doesn’t matter; only what they apparently did. Enter historical interpretation from a variety of schools of thought. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 6, 2019
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Researchers: Declining Neanderthal fertility caused extinction, not violence

Denyse O'Leary
June 6, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
Demographic decline is insidious because its pace appears slow in human terms (generations) but eventually, a freefall can occur. For example, young Neanderthals would eventually find themselves joining other groups because there aren’t enough other Neanderthals around. And the rest is… 23 and me. Read More ›