They were potentially more intelligent than us because biological stressors like being hunted by predators and needing to find food and resources forced them to have higher IQ’s.
It’s hypothesized IQ has been going down ever so steadily since the invention of agriculture.
All they really lacked was an education.
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PlushTorso on
Mehh ancient times.🤷
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Salmonman4 on
Survivorship bias
Crackstacker on
Apparently they were performing dental surgery on each other.
Have you seen the photos of what they (supposedly) looked like? Bros could cut your arm in two by squeezing it in their hand.
Suckmyduck_9 on
What they were missing was a degree from DeVry Univeristy
a_ginger_guy on
Do you think the “couldn’t happen to me I’m built different” sentiment comes from a time when people were literally built different?
Tomthebard on
And kind. Ozzy was cared for throughout injury and old age
PM_ME_YUR_S3CRETS on
Most didnt survive. The average lifespan was probably 30. My evidence: there were no where near 8 billion humans. Capable? Yes. Probably as much as many other mammals we see today.
Broad_Geologist7998 on
prehistoric humans weren’t stupid, they were highly skilled survivors who adapted to extreme conditions without modern tools.
VortexLord on
To be fair, they exercise a lot running, hunting and lifting.
auzzie_kangaroo94 on
hurrrgh
bouchandre on
Individually, they were smarter than us.
In a group, we beat them by a mile
cryptolyme on
Hm
DJ-Halfbreed on
Bruh no lie a caveman would whoop my WHOLE ass, “Ug” *thwack* last damn thing i ever hear😭
Battle/Hunting IQ like a wolf or something too i bet, trap me in a corner with a pack and call it a wrap
floydymoiyte on
So by this logic a monkey living in the jungle is smarter than me because it can survive in the jungle and I can’t?
justmanbearpig on
modern humans are just idiots grunting at each other over the internet
Aggressive-Nobody473 on
didn’t most of them die young? idk history
FloraForm on
Meanwhile we panic when the Wi-Fi drops for five minutes. Respect to the real survivors
Mike0621 on
why does the prehistoric man have a metal nail
TheOneTruBob on
We have been roughly the same amount of smart for something like 250k years.
CrashMK on
Yeah, but they didn’t create the pizza bagel, did they?
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Linguist here.
There is A LOT of debate about the origins of human languages – and plenty of theories that would amount to language at some point being something like “grunting at eachother” (or more precisely *gesturing at eachother, screaming at eachother* and *singing at eachother*). But most evidence I have seen would suggest that such “simple language” would have been a number of species ago.
Neanderthals and Homo Erectus both seem to have had decently developed bones which vocal chords attached to – meaning they had the capabilities for language. There is some evidence Neanderthals had religion, which usually requires communication because a personal supernatural / spiritual belief usually needs to be spoken about before it is shared with another.
Evidence from human hunter-gatherers would suggest that those living those lifestimes absolutely do and can have stunningly complex languages also. Equally intricate if not more so than those who live (post)-agriculture lives.
BestBit7545 on
Ice age is still going on, it ends when all the ice on the poles melt.
thechecker111 on
There was a chokepoint in history with only 10,000 humans being alive.
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They were potentially more intelligent than us because biological stressors like being hunted by predators and needing to find food and resources forced them to have higher IQ’s.
It’s hypothesized IQ has been going down ever so steadily since the invention of agriculture.
All they really lacked was an education.
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Mehh ancient times.🤷
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Survivorship bias
Apparently they were performing dental surgery on each other.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-evidence-neandertal-dentist-molar
They haven’t survived, they are all dead.
Have you seen the photos of what they (supposedly) looked like? Bros could cut your arm in two by squeezing it in their hand.
What they were missing was a degree from DeVry Univeristy
Do you think the “couldn’t happen to me I’m built different” sentiment comes from a time when people were literally built different?
And kind. Ozzy was cared for throughout injury and old age
Most didnt survive. The average lifespan was probably 30. My evidence: there were no where near 8 billion humans. Capable? Yes. Probably as much as many other mammals we see today.
prehistoric humans weren’t stupid, they were highly skilled survivors who adapted to extreme conditions without modern tools.
To be fair, they exercise a lot running, hunting and lifting.
hurrrgh
Individually, they were smarter than us.
In a group, we beat them by a mile
Hm
Bruh no lie a caveman would whoop my WHOLE ass, “Ug” *thwack* last damn thing i ever hear😭
Battle/Hunting IQ like a wolf or something too i bet, trap me in a corner with a pack and call it a wrap
So by this logic a monkey living in the jungle is smarter than me because it can survive in the jungle and I can’t?
modern humans are just idiots grunting at each other over the internet
didn’t most of them die young? idk history
Meanwhile we panic when the Wi-Fi drops for five minutes. Respect to the real survivors
why does the prehistoric man have a metal nail
We have been roughly the same amount of smart for something like 250k years.
Yeah, but they didn’t create the pizza bagel, did they?
Linguist here.
There is A LOT of debate about the origins of human languages – and plenty of theories that would amount to language at some point being something like “grunting at eachother” (or more precisely *gesturing at eachother, screaming at eachother* and *singing at eachother*). But most evidence I have seen would suggest that such “simple language” would have been a number of species ago.
Neanderthals and Homo Erectus both seem to have had decently developed bones which vocal chords attached to – meaning they had the capabilities for language. There is some evidence Neanderthals had religion, which usually requires communication because a personal supernatural / spiritual belief usually needs to be spoken about before it is shared with another.
Evidence from human hunter-gatherers would suggest that those living those lifestimes absolutely do and can have stunningly complex languages also. Equally intricate if not more so than those who live (post)-agriculture lives.
Ice age is still going on, it ends when all the ice on the poles melt.
There was a chokepoint in history with only 10,000 humans being alive.