• courageousstep@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    I was initially really confused by this meme because Neanderthals were actually creative and rather culturally rich, unlike this administration.

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      2 days ago

      Neanderthals were a lot like homosapiens (in fact they could breed, and they did) They could paint cave walls. They had culture and social structures. They were destroyed by violent invaders.

      • Match!!@pawb.social
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        2 days ago

        the level of neanderthal ancestry in modern humans suggests they were destroyed by horny invaders

      • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        i think you’ve got to consider the audience. roughly 1 in 5 americans are ILLITERATE. about 1 in 2 americans read at a 6th grade level. it’s easier to manipulate these people than a bunch of preschool kids.

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            3 days ago

            They’re comparing the current administration, which is canceling all research and progress such as the invention of the wheel (or other scientific development), to the Neanderthals, who are in pop culture stupid and backward people.

            But it falls flat because Neanderthals were smarter than Trump and Elon combined.