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zloubida@sh.itjust.works 15 hours agoI didn’t read Sapiens, but if this book claim that homo sapiens is responsible for the disappearing of Neanderthals, you can close it. This idea was disproven by research long ago: when sapiens arrived in Europe, Neanderthals were already on the verge of disappearing.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 14 hours ago
Eh, I’m not sure it was DECISIVELY DISPROVEN. Because in science, we start with the idea that “we just don’t know,” then proceed carefully from there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal_extinction
zloubida@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Of course science evolves, but that shouldn’t be a reason for a vulgarization book to teach something else than the scientific consensus of the time.