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Neanderthals and I have more in common than I expected. Prehistory (~5000 BCE) (thelemmy.club)

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[–] orenj@leminal.space 2 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

Isnt it the other way around? I thought neanderthals were the towering chads of the prehistoric world and our ancestors were all the little haters who decided to work together in greater numbers

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

They were broad, but shorter. They did have larger visual centers, so they were probably smarter in a lot of ways, probably better fighters individually too. But yeah pack tactics is broken.

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