the photos of trace fossils you showed did not show up well on my computer screen, but this whole issue is so exiting so I am grateful that you immediately discussed it!

Awesome news! I can’t wait to hear more! I was so excited about White Sands! I love seeing how far back we can go in history❤

Explained by inbreeding. There is and always has been only 1 human species. “Neanderthal” etc. bones are explained by inbreeding

I think the chinese archaics are denisovans, they fit the time and place, and are distinct from every other known species of the time.

Thank you so much for doing this and making it so enjoyable for those of us that are enthusiasts, not professionals.

Holy mackerel Shied away from catastrophe almost as fast. Wreckage is a great term...but how did it become wreckage from refuge? Y'all good keep up the good work

Gman shows up with a camera?

It's 2024. You can dress up as Flint Dibble.

Thank you ❤, this talks always give much to think about

I went down in Rouffignac Cave [France] last year. Even at a depth of 2 km, the quality of the parietal art was amazing. The art did not get weird the deeper we went. As George described, the descent and return trip would have required many torches or oil lamps and hours of time.

Thanks so much for this wonderful episode! I hope you'll be delving into cave art & markings again!

😊 baby noises❤

I also put my mark on my tools

The graphic mark of a signature as this one's name...also put on his wood tools.

Watching for the third time in as many months and it struck me: as a neurodivergent woman with inattentive adhd, who was always (and still is!) super picky about foods, Turns out after having my autosomal DNA yested that I have the super-taster gene. It presents most strongly in childhood, just in time to set you up for lifelong aversions. NOW, I wonder if that specific SNP is possibly Neanderthal derived? “Don’t eat that bitter tasting thing, it will kill you?”😊😅

Thank you. Really interesting. How did people eventually overcome the problem of creating curved lines into bone and stone? Would be cool to know.

Great question and great answers. Thanks

Wow thank you. I am learning so much. This man must have been supported by his community an awful lot. Was he really loved or really powerful for whatever reason was important to them? It makes me wonder so much about what his story could be. Are Neanderthal graves rare? Was it maybe only really important individuals who got buried? I have so many questions.

What a great discussion! Thanks to Dave for his question as well.

I have researched 'neanderthals psychosis' on yt and came accross this video. I adored it because recently I have figured it out by myself. I live in middle east, home country for neanderdudes cause of the calcium geology+rain architected caves. Lots of mental issues, messiah complexes, left ventricule asymetry and genius/mad people, and millenia old wars, the only plausable explanation is the one you presented. Additionally glufosate and 5G use may endorse this retro move: scissor out the latest adaptations of Sapiens and cause a reverse evolution to the last saved template: The hibernating, free-diver, emotional roller-coaster, music and verbal enthusiast mentals. Oh btw I thought this message would be short.😂

Great show. Thanks for

Unconditional love.

Of course you can designate a species with DNA alone. We do it all the time with Bacteria

The database idea, Genevieve, is absolutely needed. Actually, the older generation of archeologists were not scholars, they were “gentlemen” pirates.

I think the main thing that makes us human is our ability to understand and use symbols. Obviously meanings of symbols change over time, and depend on context, but the fact that we can look at markings, often recognise what they depict even if they are highly stylized, and were made with a purpose even though the original meaning is lost to us is mind blowing.

Half of the Neanderthals were WOMEN. But 95+ illustrations of ANY people show men only. In this case a man and a child! Who is missing???

To be human is to be at once both animal and divine, physical and spiritual. It’s to be conscious of the past, present, and future, to plan, to strategize, to dream, to act. It’s the ability to create art for arts sake. It’s everything we can imagine under the sun. It’s all in us ❤❤❤

Our being created in the lords image

I don't think that the so called hand axes were in fact "multi purpose tools" because they just don't seem that practical. Unless they had an entirely different meaning, like say for instance items of a specific value in a ritual gift economy. Currency, if you will.

A link - if humanly possible - would be helpful.

Has anyone considered that the mystery spheroids could be slingstones - a type of projectile weapon? Alternately, if they co-occur with aechulian hand axes, is it possible that they were used in some way to shape or polish the hand axes?

When speaking on being obsessed with being youthful as a modern western concept; an example came to my mind right away of Emperor Qin's own obsession with eternal life.

When Trump gets in you evil people will be banned from this planet. Vote!!

i get so tired of this 50.000 etc time line for humans. Just keep promoting the adult fairy tales. Forget the real science or known history.

Thanks!

❤🎉 thank you all for the wonderfull talk and ideas. 😅

Happy belated birthday, Genevieve! Thanks all for the news and ideas about humanity’s past.

Thanks so much for another fun and informative podcast! I enjoyed it-as always! 🙂

Thank you Gen for that womens point ! Finally in science !

Slavic Deer Goddess?

As a hobby artist and weaver I truly wonder what happened in the brain to illicit art. Who was the first one to decorate a wall? Male? Female? Observer of the hunt or participant? Stones - oh yes. Fossils. Even a chunk of chalk/flint my son pulled from the dirt parking lot at Stonehenge. The lot is now asphalt. Chalk from a hill near Dover. Magical items. 🙋‍♀️🇺🇸💗

George - may I ask … how old is your house ? The timbers are beautiful.

Happy Birthday ! Have a wonderful new year of life ! 🎉🎁💐🙋‍♀️🇺🇸 yea for modern times is right. 48 - that’s young. Almost a crone! Walk in beauty and wisdom ! The Cave Symbol Goddess ! 🪷🌼🌸🪻🌹🌷💐

Richard Branson $? Prince William ? Who are the big individual funders of museums in England ?

Richard Branson $? Prince William ? Who are the big individual funders of museums in England ?

I’d always contact the President or Board chair if the Museum of Natural History in New York City. They have a marvelous ancient man display so they have interests. What the Leakey Foundation out in California doing about this ?

I know Smithsonian has satellite / connected museums. One I worked at was one. Also one in Lowell Massachusetts went out of business. It was a textile museum. I’d start with Smithsonian. They have the connections. And money access. Also National Geographic.