Tag: Günter Bechly on Neanderthals

Group of neanderthal people walking by river ,

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 30, 2024

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Evolution, Philosophy of Mind

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Did the Wily Neanderthal Save Time While Preparing Meals?

_{An enterprising archaeology team tried cooking birds using methods only available to Neanderthals — and learned some things, including how to avoid burned fingers} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 30, 2024

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Evolution, Philosophy of Mind}

The separateness and intellectual inferiority of Neanderthal man was at one time constantly emphasized but the evidence doesn’t support it.

Asked at Psychology Today: Were Neanderthals Religious?

_{We can’t poll long-dead Neanderthals on life, death, and the hereafter but the evidence we’ve dug up suggests they were thinking about that kind of thing} _{Denyse O'Leary
February 4, 2024

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Human exceptionalism, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind, Religion}

We must mentally step outside nature to consider things like how the world was created or what lies beyond death. Immaterial minds can do that.