We know the answers to the “when” and the “where.” Blue eyes became common during the last ice age within a region encompassing Germany, Scandinavia, the East Baltic, and probably areas farther east.
At that time, Scandinavia and the Alps were under ice. Northern Europe was habitable only on the plains stretching from northern Germany eastwards. Before 12,000 years ago, these plains were steppe-tundra with wandering herds of reindeer and nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers. Actually, they were just hunters. There were few opportunities for gathering fruits, nuts, tubers, or edible greens. Food was almost entirely “meat on the hoof” (Hoffecker, 2002, pp. 8, 178, 193-194, 237).
But why would such an environment favor blue eyes? Davide offers four possible reasons:
Lower UV exposure requiring less melanin protection
Sexual selection for distinctive traits
Genetic drift in smaller northern populations
Need for lighter skin to maintain vitamin D synthesis where sunlight is weaker
A million-year-old human skull suggests that the origins of modern humans may reach back far deeper in time than previously thought and raises the possibility that Homo sapiens first emerged outside of Africa.
An artist’s impression of what Homo longi, or dragon man, may have looked like. Photograph: Chuang Zhao/Eurekalert/AFP/Getty Images
Leading scientists reached this conclusion after reanalysis of a skull known as Yunxian 2 discovered in China and previously classified as belonging to a member of the primitive human species Homo erectus.
After applying sophisticated reconstruction techniques to the skull, scientists believe that it may instead belong to a group called Homo longi (dragon man), closely linked to the elusive Denisovans who lived alongside our own ancestors.
This repositioning would make the fossil the closest on record to the split between modern humans and our closest relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, and would radically revise understanding of the last 1m years of human evolution.
Prof Chris Stringer, an anthropologist and research leader in human evolution at the Natural History Museum in London, said: “This changes a lot of thinking because it suggests that by one million years ago our ancestors had already split into distinct groups, pointing to a much earlier and more complex human evolutionary split than previously believed. It more or less doubles the time of origin of Homo sapiens.”
Basic anthropology and the elite know it and believe they will win. Their winning is not a sure thing, but they have intentionally brought about the crisis, which shows they are confident. Unite the Kingdom is the right call. Unity is all we the plebs have. Musk surely has complex motives but I believe he really does want to save Western civilization. ABN
Social constructs like City Council rules & decorum only exist cause WE the people allow it. Charlie Kirk wanted to bridge the divide with dialogue & debate. Many on the Left said “No”.
Last night a LOT of Mainers displayed to Augusta civil disobedience and what happens when ‘the people’ stop adhering to social constructs and what the world could look like if this path continues. I’ve never seen the Left/Dem board members so scared. You can read it on their faces – they know something has changed. Sleeping bears are awakening.
When discussion & debate erodes, only who has the most power remains.
I was a public school teacher in the hood for 11 years, and I know this type of kid.
The type that would smack the kid sitting in front of him, tell the teacher “IDGAF” when corrected, and ruin an entire year’s worth of learning for the entire class.
His special education teachers would describe him as “actually very smart with a lot of potential,” despite him failing every class and scoring a 9 on the ACT.
There would be countless meetings with him and his mom and the social workers, psychologists , and principal would speak in soft voices and nod and smile when the kid told them he wants to be a “doctor.”
They’d design all sorts of ridiculous accommodations that give him ample room to behave however he wanted and terrorize his teachers and peers with minimal consequences.
Teachers would spend the entire class trying to reign in his behavior, and when they called security to remove him, they’d have to evacuate the entire class first.
He’d rarely receive any consequences. The principal would reprimand the teachers for “not building a relationship with him” and accuse them of “singling him out because he was black.” As a result, they’d give up and his behavior would escalate.
If he was really bad, he’d get a time out in a special room where he’d sit on his phone and tell the supervisor to “shut the fuck up” if they said anything. Maybe he’d have to partake in a “peace circle” if he became violent.
He’d eventually get “socially promoted” to his senior year and there would be a massive effort to get his credits recovered, mostly by pressuring teachers to give him alternative assignments and 50% for the work he didn’t do.
He’d walk down the graduation stage and everyone would cheer, and he’d probably do something embarrassing like give the finger to the audience.
As a young adult, he’d walk the city behaving exactly as he did in school because he’d been socialized to learn there are zero consequences for his behavior. Depending on the city, he’d probably get similar treatment from the cops and public afraid of creating a public scene that would lead to riots in their city.
One day, he’d snap, and do something like this.
And only then, would everyone act surprised, as if this wasn’t largely in part due to how our public schools negatively socialize and enable the behavior of animals that should be locked up or institutionalized as teenagers.
On a per capita basis, the highly intelligent became ten times more numerous in England between 1000 and 1850
Human populations have evolved over time, not only during prehistory but also well into recorded history. This evolution has affected a wide range of mental and behavioral traits: cognitive ability, time preference, propensity for violence, monotony avoidance, rule following, guilt proneness, and empathy, among others.
Such traits vary among human populations because different cultures have imposed different demands on mind and body. In general, the cultural environment will favor those who can better exploit its possibilities, just as the natural environment will. There has thus been a process of coevolution: we make culture, and it remakes us—by selecting those among us who survive to pass on their genes. This coevolution has proceeded along different trajectories in different populations.
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