Great read. It's really good to see how our understanding of Neanderthals is changing and improving to the point that calling someone a Neanderthal is actually unfair to Neanderthals. They were complex human beings, able to produce abstract art, music and complex ideas.
very interesting! i’ve also heard of recent speculations about the significance of birds and feathers for neanderthals since they’ve been found at various burial sites
23andMe said that I have 303 Neanderthal variants — more Neanderthal variants than 88% of their customers! (They added that my Neanderthal ancestry accounts for less than 4% of my overall DNA.)
Great read. It's really good to see how our understanding of Neanderthals is changing and improving to the point that calling someone a Neanderthal is actually unfair to Neanderthals. They were complex human beings, able to produce abstract art, music and complex ideas.
In reality it would be a compliment 🙂
very interesting! i’ve also heard of recent speculations about the significance of birds and feathers for neanderthals since they’ve been found at various burial sites
There is a magic the Neanderthals knew, thanks for capturing it in words.
I have just discovered your work and it is a fantastic look on an often overlooked topic.I look forward to reading more of your posts.
This is a fascinating read, I immediately started to think about midsommer and their cult rituals with bears.
Animism.
What a cool ass account lol
Brilliant
One of my favorita found in substack🦴
Loving your stuff.
Thank you so much for bringing honour to our people.
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Fascinating. I will be thinking about this for a long time. Many thanks
23andMe said that I have 303 Neanderthal variants — more Neanderthal variants than 88% of their customers! (They added that my Neanderthal ancestry accounts for less than 4% of my overall DNA.)
This is cool (cave/rebirth).
Wonder if this may have been the felt source of the Christian story of arising after four days in the cave.
Powerful.
I tought it was something like Totemism.
Definitely an aspect
Thank you for this info, this is the type of stuff not enough people think about. I learned so much.
I’m so glad this popped up on my feed today months after it was posted because my mind is absolutely spinning now