So I know I recall some Neanderthal site in Spain
(Gibraltar?) which was unambiguous evidence for
the exploitation of aquatic resources, but here's
some great stuff I ran across:
: Archaeological data from sites in Italy, France and
: Spain confirm that shell fishing and fresh water
: fishing was a common activity of Neandertals, as
: indicated by anatomical studies recently published
: by E. Trinkaus.
Eric Trinkaus is one of the men that I've mentioned
before, together with Wolpoff, part of my personal
journey through the hellscape that is paleo
anthropology. Seemed to me, they were two of the
precious few number of men willing to do science
and discuss facts, rather than mindlessly adhere to
some centrally distributed talking points...
Trinkaus pretty proved beyond the shadow of a
doubt that Neanderthals were interbreeding with
so called "Moderns," only to be upstaged by the
slightly later release of the DNA findings.
Which left me bitter.
Because could see the fossils. Even us outsiders,
we could see photographs. They could and did point
to exactly what they were talking about, men like
Trinkaus, and we could see the proof with out own
eyes... and people simple REFUSED to do that. BUT
THEN someone produced evidence which they couldn't
see, which they had to rely 100% on authority figures
for, and they were filling to believe... they instantly
accepted and "Forgot" everything they had believed
before that moment.
So that's why I have zero faith in people, when it
comes to paleo anthropology.
"Don't show me! Don't ask me to look and believe my
own senses! Don't ask me to form opinions! No,
instead bring out the high priest and have him tell me
exactly what I think."
Yeah, I hate people...
So when it comes to "Proving" Aquatic Ape to people
like that -- the public and run of the mill paleo
anthropology folks -- I could not care less. For one
thing I leave the "Proof" to those who are far smarter
than I am, and secondly why bother trying to convince
a stone? It can't hear you, it can't see and it's never
going to agree with you... it can't. It's not within it's
nature to think.
No, I'd rather move on from the "Proof" to a discussion
on the implications. Or working out the details. Or
arguing the extant. That's where my interest lies. Leave
the "Proof" to the smart people with infinitely more
patience than I ever had. It's proven. You did it. You
succeeded. You haven't convinced too many people
but that is the nature of the game... the flaw of
humanity.
Eventually some inbred twit will have nothing better to
do so he'll "Discover" Aquatic Ape and "Independently"
come up with all your proof, and Pavlov's Dogs will
drool on command... believing every word of it...
forgetting that they bad mouthed you all these years.
I hate people.
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