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Igel

(35,293 posts)

7. Because they need to be.

Reply to Codeine (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 11:11 AM

Oct 2018

To establish some sort of genetic superiority. "This group is more human than that group, which really isn't human."

We see where that kind of thinking leads, over and over, and yet it's so tempting and satisfying to make that kind of dehumanizing claim and fail to see that it's dehumanizing (which I personally think is a bit worse than being open about racial supremacist claims, to be honest).

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The most human humans are in Africa [View all] edhopper Oct 2018 OP

At some point in our history, we almost became extinct vlyons Oct 2018 #1

One of the theories edhopper Oct 2018 #5

but Neanderthals were also human eShirl Oct 2018 #2

Indeed they were. Same species. MineralMan Oct 2018 #3

Yes edhopper Oct 2018 #4

How can they be more human if Neanderthals Codeine Oct 2018 #6

Because they need to be. Igel Oct 2018 #7

Neanderthals edhopper Oct 2018 #12

And yet still human. Codeine Oct 2018 #15

That is edhopper Oct 2018 #16

We are all equally human. DavidDvorkin Oct 2018 #8

A book I read recently investigates our history via DNA. Highly recommended. malchickiwick Oct 2018 #9

Yes, mush later edhopper Oct 2018 #13

"Modern" humans - Homo sapiens BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #10

There are credible theories saying that the most common recent ancestor of all living humans tritsofme Oct 2018 #11

That sounds ridiculous edhopper Oct 2018 #14

Sub-Saharan Africans don't show evidence of interbreeding with Neanderthals or Denisovans, but Crunchy Frog Oct 2018 #17

Please change your title and premise. Blue_true Oct 2018 #18

That is the point edhopper Oct 2018 #20

I wasn't smart enough to see it and apparently some other people were not either. Blue_true Oct 2018 #21

good idea. edhopper Oct 2018 #22

I bet tRump has a higher percent of neanderthal DNA than most. Joe941 Oct 2018 #19

Lol. nt cwydro Oct 2018 #23