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Minuted t1_ja9a55y wrote

Reply to comment by Skugla in Revealed: Europe's Oldest Humans had Surprisingly Frequent Intermingling with Neanderthals by OptimalCrew7992

Did you read the article? It's very short. It's about a study that indicates human neanderthal intermixing and breeding being more common and widespread than previously thought.

>The researchers found that all three individuals had Neanderthal ancestors, with one individual having a Neanderthal ancestor as recently as just four to six generations back. This finding is surprising because it was previously thought that interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals was relatively rare, with most modern humans having only trace amounts of Neanderthal DNA.

Seems to reference a paper published in 2021 though, not sure why the article was only published now, and the link doesn't seem to work. edit: Atually I think that link was just a link to another website, New Scientist. Still seems odd.

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2748163 t1_ja96ex7 wrote

Reply to comment by shantipole in Weekly History Questions Thread. by AutoModerator

This was not my uncle’s experience, he had never been on a boat and joined the Navy and was extremely sick his whole deployment. This was during Vietnam, there wasn’t much sympathy or flexibility from the Navy, the attitude was at least you’re not on the ground in the jungle being shot at.

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Eminence_grizzly t1_ja93rv1 wrote

Reply to comment by ChrisNYC70 in Weekly History Questions Thread. by AutoModerator

The USSR, for example, was far more conservative, had a pact with Germany, and even seemed quite sympathetic towards the Axis powers in 1939-1941. However, it is hard to imagine that its alliance with Germany would have lasted forever. In the 19th century, European countries did not have many ideological differences, yet they were constantly at war with each other.

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LaoBa t1_ja92sdn wrote

Reply to comment by Amockdfw89 in Weekly History Questions Thread. by AutoModerator

Defragged history has an excellent series about the 80 years war, they're on YouTube. She goes into great detail, is more or less impartial and she knows how to pronounce Dutch and Spanish names. She also has excellent shorter series about the Batavia shipwreck and the Kursk disaster.

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OptimalCrew7992 OP t1_ja8vzrw wrote

Reply to Revealed: Europe's Oldest Humans had Surprisingly Frequent Intermingling with Neanderthals by OptimalCrew7992

New research reveals that Europe's oldest known humans had frequent interbreeding with Neanderthals, challenging previous assumptions about the rarity of such interactions. The study also found evidence of genetic mixing between different populations of early humans in Europe, shedding new light on the complex history of human evolution. This article highlights the key findings and implications of the study

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Bucket_of_Nipples t1_ja875qb wrote

Reply to comment by Fallingdamage in 4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to mighty thunder god discovered in Iraq. by Rifletree

I think we need someone a lot closer to the subject than me to say for sure, but, as I understand it, paleontology and archeology have seen a huge explosion of investment and discovery in the last few decades. With new technology and new ways of finding things, we're still digging into history and learning things never before known. Like this site, and dozens more in the Amazon, the Sahara, etc.

I think you make very good points. I think we may find ourselves in that position someday. But, I also don't think we've reached the bottom of that barrel yet. The easy stuff just laying exposed on the ground? Mostly, sure, I suppose. But there's just so much more.

I think?

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