tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post1315608222428550732..comments2024-03-15T20:52:26.967-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Maybe we've got this whole Neanderthal thing backwardsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-20148791773755495832014-02-20T07:23:43.113-08:002014-02-20T07:23:43.113-08:00futani Italy you will find even higher % of Neand...futani Italy you will find even higher % of Neanderthal in mountains then anywhereAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06429535972256227742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-51124820923391367862012-02-13T15:37:57.500-08:002012-02-13T15:37:57.500-08:00the scottish - no not our 'scots irish' - ...<i>the scottish - no not our 'scots irish' - the actual scottish - have a legend that they were/are scythians</i><br /><br />And the English have a legend that they were Israelites. Sometimes the scholars are just correct.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09148369137917100380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26491886107379575362012-02-13T15:20:32.822-08:002012-02-13T15:20:32.822-08:00Autism: The Eusocial Hominid Hypothesis
Abstract:...<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/74944514/" rel="nofollow">Autism: The Eusocial Hominid Hypothesis</a><br /><br />Abstract:<br /><br />ASDs (autism spectrum disorders) are hypothesized as one of many adaptive human cognitive variations that have been maintained in modern populations via multiple genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. Introgression from "archaic" hominids (adapted for less demanding social environments) is conjectured as the source of initial intraspecific heterogeneity because strict inclusive fitness does not adequately model the evolution of distinct, copy-number sensitive phenotypes within a freely reproducing population.<br /><br />Evidence is given of divergent encephalization and brain organization in the Neanderthal (including a ~1520 cc cranial capacity, larger than that of modern humans) to explain the origin of the autism subgroup characterized by abnormal brain growth.<br /><br />Autism and immune dysfunction are frequently comorbid. This supports an admixture model in light of the recent discovery that MHC alleles (genes linked to immune function, mate selection, neuronal "pruning," etc.) found in most modern human populations come from "archaic" hominids.<br /><br />Mitochondrial dysfunction, differential fetal androgen exposure, lung abnormalities, and hypomethylation/CNV due to hybridization are also presented as evidence.Robert Dolehttp://www.scribd.com/doc/74944514/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26727583231163713652012-02-13T07:17:34.079-08:002012-02-13T07:17:34.079-08:00"Like the Tuscans, the Etruscans had a sophis..."Like the Tuscans, the Etruscans had a sophisticated and pleasant artistic tradition."<br /><br />The Etruscans had a custom whereby upon his death, a man's slaves would be made to fight each other to the death. Adopted by the Romans, this practice ultimately became the gladitorial games. Sophisticated? Perhaps. Pleasant? Not really.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-51364678023777043042012-02-11T21:27:26.919-08:002012-02-11T21:27:26.919-08:00The Neanderthals were liberals who believed in spe...The Neanderthals were liberals who believed in spear control, which is why they were defeated by the more aggressive weapon-toting Cro-Magnons.LBKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26897354419214350312012-02-11T18:26:59.599-08:002012-02-11T18:26:59.599-08:00Gringo, that reminds me of M. J. Harper, who claim...Gringo, that reminds me of <a href="http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005396.html" rel="nofollow">M. J. Harper</a>, who claimed French was derived from English and that Latin was just written shorthand used by people who spoke Italian.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24025769226502694262012-02-11T11:21:18.871-08:002012-02-11T11:21:18.871-08:00Actually, I would have thought that Ireland would ...<i>Actually, I would have thought that Ireland would have had the highest percentage of neanderthal genes - I don't know if Ireland was tested.<br />Being isolated on the very western periphery of the Eurasian landmass, I would have thought Ireland would carry the most 'archaic' genes and the fewest of newer alien stocks arising from the landmass.</i><br /><br />Ireland - and much of Britain - was covered by an ice sheet during the time of the Neanderthals so they would not have been able to occupy it. Also, the ancestors of most Irish people only arrived in Ireland within the last 10,000 years which would have been long after the extinction of the Neanderthals.<br /><br /><i>Anyway, I've heard it said that red hair (which has its genetic epicenter in Ireland) was a neanderthal trait.</i><br /><br />I think red hair is caused by different genes in Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.Average Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203996329459638052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77750869816549286822012-02-10T21:25:41.955-08:002012-02-10T21:25:41.955-08:00Some years ago I read a book by a Venezuelan profe...Some years ago I read a book by a Venezuelan professor of Italian origin which claimed that the Quechan language had its roots in Etruscan. I wish I had held onto the book, which was published in Venezuela.Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-12814424547309518502012-02-10T20:35:40.443-08:002012-02-10T20:35:40.443-08:00I wonder if there are any correlations between Nea...I wonder if there are any correlations between Neanderthal genes and IQ. For example is there a North China/South China IQ difference, and does that correspond to Neanderthal genetic content? Subtest differences, such as language or math or spatial?<br /><br />It seems the remaining human Neanderthal content was strongly selected for something. It doesn't seem to be for north/south climate reasons, at least as shown in any sort of smooth cline in the current population.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57448995841947442282012-02-10T14:33:34.510-08:002012-02-10T14:33:34.510-08:00IHTG said...
Anonymous 8:46 PM:
But Tuscany is, in...<i><b>IHTG said...</b><br />Anonymous 8:46 PM:<br />But Tuscany is, in fact, to the north of Rome.</i><br /><br />And Washington DC is south of Rome.Difference Makernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-92039668672305405732012-02-10T13:52:32.996-08:002012-02-10T13:52:32.996-08:00I don't think this correlations says much. Dif...I don't think this correlations says much. Different peoples had their cultural flowering and then declined. Egyptians and Babylonians once had their day in the sun, and then Greeks, and then Romans, and then Florentines, and the French, and then Germans with music, and English with literature, Jews will filmmaking. I must say though, Jews have the longest lasting power. While others bloom and wilt, Jews keep mutating into different forms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43526695471746295052012-02-10T13:38:50.354-08:002012-02-10T13:38:50.354-08:00The British Isles were covered in glaciers during ...The British Isles were covered in glaciers during the last Ice Age about 10,000 years ago or so, and therefore the inhabitants were when it thawed almost certainly humans not Neanderthals. Best estimates are that isolated populations existed in Southern Spain up to 15,000 years ago.Whiskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854764809682029464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90658776294667688882012-02-10T13:03:50.334-08:002012-02-10T13:03:50.334-08:00Interesting. The major Etruscan sites - e.g., the ...Interesting. The major Etruscan sites - e.g., the Necropoli & associated museums in Tarquinia & Cerveteri, plus the Gregorian Etruscan Museum in the Vatican & the National Etruscan Museum in the Villa Giulia in Rome, are among the most amazing things to be seen in Italy.<br /><br />But were the Etruscans really the blood ancestors of the Tuscans who built the Renaissance? Do we have good evidence about this?Vinteuilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19699203214012260342012-02-10T13:02:12.452-08:002012-02-10T13:02:12.452-08:00But the real flaw of the neanderthals was their ex...<i>But the real flaw of the neanderthals was their excessively big brains, which enabled them to defer reproduction in favor of getting the family on a sound economic footing first. Of course in the neanderthal age, security was hard to come by. And so those relatively small-brained, fast breeding, aggressive, clannish cro magnons seized the future.</i><br /><br />I've read cromagnons actually had larger brains than Neanderthals, probably much larger if you adjust for their more gracile body builds. Both groups had larger brains than early 20th century humans, probably because they were hunter gatherers and had better nutrition, and perhaps also because they had more robust body builds and perhaps also before agriculture made it possible for everyone to eat, only the smartest could survive; there's been dysgenics post-agriculture.<br /><br />Now because of late 20th century nutrition, brain size is returning to pre-agriculture levels hence the flynn effect.Catpersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33745884813102571432012-02-10T10:49:05.491-08:002012-02-10T10:49:05.491-08:00If you like poorly written, smarmily leftist, suff...If you like poorly written, smarmily leftist, suffocatingly PC, Canadian science fiction (and, really, who doesn't?), then there is a great book on this theme: <a href="http://www.sfwriter.com/exho.htm" rel="nofollow">Hominids.</a><br /><br />It won a Hugo, naturally.Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34184324697558291762012-02-10T08:56:23.868-08:002012-02-10T08:56:23.868-08:00I seem to remember reading that one of the Neander...I seem to remember reading that one of the Neanderthals' (or "Neandertals'," as we're now supposed to say) big problems was that they never figured out how to throw stuff. Which if true goes a long way toward explaining the European affection for soccer.slumber_jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37166997096231199452012-02-10T07:55:52.838-08:002012-02-10T07:55:52.838-08:00Incidentally, I once saw English writer Howard Jac...Incidentally, I once saw English writer Howard Jacobson make a persuasive case that it was no coincidence that the hook-nosed devil masks in a Lithuanian museum had similar schnozzes to his own.<br />Years later I saw a BBC show where Nigel Spivey went into excavated Etruscan tombs. He said that the murals in the early tombs were all sweetness and light - pastoral bliss in the afterworld. The later tombs had similar scenes, and also devouring devils, with a familiar look, but these fiends had Roman noses rather than Hebrew ones, the threat posed by the Etruscans' southern neighbours by this time seeming all too vivid.<br />Of course, even if the original image was based on Romans, it could be that the resemblance to Jews supported its continuing popularity, or even re-invention.Drawbacksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-21916048539446501402012-02-10T07:31:15.657-08:002012-02-10T07:31:15.657-08:00Lolz @ daybreaker. As it happens, my new movie Whe...Lolz @ daybreaker. As it happens, my new movie <i>When Protestants Roamed The Earth</i> is based on a very similar premise and combines the best bits of Idiocracy, Planet of the Apes, Jurassic Park and Olivier Gruner classic, Angel Town.<br />Everything's shot, edited, printed and ready to go. Just waiting for the distributors to return my call. Tick-Tock.Drawbacksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-90140511306948741082012-02-10T06:47:34.526-08:002012-02-10T06:47:34.526-08:00I guessed Basque. I'd never considered Tuscans...I guessed Basque. I'd never considered Tuscans an independent ethnicity on the same basis so thanks for the information.Marlowenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74581878636885845342012-02-10T06:29:20.193-08:002012-02-10T06:29:20.193-08:00Reneanaissance.Reneanaissance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-13219676392213217842012-02-10T06:29:00.390-08:002012-02-10T06:29:00.390-08:00In response to second annonymous -
Yes there is so...In response to second annonymous -<br />Yes there is some reason to believe<br />that Etruscans may have migrated from Anatolia. As to the Scythians<br />the little we know of them indicates that they probably belonged to the Indo-Iranian branch<br />of Indo-European.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57885390801251614302012-02-10T06:28:29.485-08:002012-02-10T06:28:29.485-08:00Neandatello.Neandatello.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-73911537806614298212012-02-10T06:12:13.715-08:002012-02-10T06:12:13.715-08:00Ok,
I've found my Cause -- speaking out again...Ok,<br /><br />I've found my Cause -- speaking out against anti-Neanderthal racism. My people have been oppressed!JSMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68418943270774483362012-02-10T06:10:02.439-08:002012-02-10T06:10:02.439-08:00Anon at 8:12 By the way, Romans thought that Etrus...Anon at 8:12 <i>By the way, Romans thought that Etruscans were too fond of luxury, too self-indulgent, not stern and hardy enough. </i><br /><br />Interestingly, that is exactly how the modern Perians view the West.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30596950469177601182012-02-10T05:12:03.103-08:002012-02-10T05:12:03.103-08:00Troy exists. It's on southern side of the nar...Troy exists. It's on southern side of the narrow entrance to the Sea of Marmaris in Turkey.<br />http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=+turkey&hl=en&ll=39.956793,26.25432&spn=0.064805,0.132093&sll=51.479648,-0.144278&sspn=0.421222,1.056747&hnear=Turkey&t=m&z=14<br /><br />3000 years after the Homeric sack of Troy, Gallipoli (WWI) was fought on the northern shore of these narrows for exactly the same strategic reasons.<br /><br />Troy was buried but rediscovered in modern times. In the classical era it was something of a tourist spot for Romans. It has been excavated so that you can see how it developed as a city over several thousand years from early bronze to early iron age, with evolving improvements in the masonry of the walls as a result of better tools, and the lower stone walls being topped with brick. You can even stand on the spot outside the front gates where Achilles and Hector would have fought. The wooden horse is nowadays thought to have been a siege machine used to penetrate the high walls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com