Tag: Robert N. McCauley

Flame of Evolution: Unveiling the Neanderthal's Discovery of Fire - A Surprising and Transformative Moment for Homo Sapiens, Marking an Astonishing Breakthrough in Ancient Culture.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 4, 2024

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Human exceptionalism, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind, Religion

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Bruniquel Cave, Günter Bechly on Neanderthals, Neanderthal burials, Neanderthal caves, Neanderthals and abstract ideas, Neanderthals and religion, Neanderthals as separate species, Robert N. McCauley}

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. Read More ›