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New Evidence Debunks "Stupid" Neanderthal

Posted by timothy on from the new-yorker-redrawing-decades-of-cartoons dept.

ThinkComp writes "In what could possibly be a major blow to a scientific consensus that has held for decades, recent research suggests that the traditional conception of Neanderthals being "stupider" than Homo sapiens may in fact be misleading. As articles about the research findings state, 'early stone tool technologies developed by our species, Homo sapiens, were no more efficient than those used by Neanderthals.' The data used in the study is available on-line along with a visual description of the process used."

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  1. Oh, great. by randomaxe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So I guess GEICO will have to drop their moderately-funny caveman ads and revert back to their entirely unfunny gecko ads?

  2. So, GEICO's wrong, then. by Basilius · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Who woulda thunk it?