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The War for the Planet Between Humans and Neanderthals Lasted 100,000 Years
Neanderthals and humans were engaged in brutal guerrilla-style warfare across the globe for over 100,000 years, evidence shows.
It is known that Neanderthals and modern humans descended from the same evolutionary branch. Our genome is 99.7% similar.
About 600 thousand years ago, our ancestors split into two parts. Those who later became known as Homo neanderthalensis set out to explore Eurasia. Homo sapiens remained in Africa for several hundred millennia.
However, then the sapiens, following their cousins, also went to another continent. Now archaeologists and anthropologists are investigating how these two species coexisted in the same territories, reports sciencealert.com.
Both Neanderthals and sapiens were skilled hunters, good fighters, and good organization skills. However, due to the structural features of the body, the ancestors of modern people were more prolific.
This was one of the reasons why they made an exodus from Africa – in search of resources for food.
However, by this time Neanderthals had occupied the richest territories of Eurasia, and this led to a long period of rivalry between the two species.
The out-of-Africa offensive. (Nicholas R. Longrich)
At the same time, due to the similarity between the genomes of humans and Neanderthals, scientists concluded that our relatives had the same instincts to protect and protect their territories as we do.
Nicolas Longrich, senior lecturer in evolutionary biology and paleontology at the University of Bath, believes that the struggle for dominance in Eurasia has gone on for more than 100,000 years.
“The best evidence that the Neanderthals not only fought but also succeeded in war is that they were not immediately defeated. Instead, for about 100,000 years, Neanderthals resisted the expansion of modern humans,” says the scientist.
He also notes that, based on everything that researchers know about the habits of modern people, one could hardly expect that, having met rivals in vast territories rich in prey, people would allow them to stay nearby.
One of the reasons why the sapiens sought to exterminate the Neanderthals could be a demographic factor.
“Population growth inevitably forces people to seize more land in order to provide enough territory for hunting and foraging for their offspring,” the paleontologist added.
However, the fact that the struggle lasted so long proves that the Neanderthals were no less dexterous, skillful and courageous warriors than our species. In armament, tactics, strategy, people and Neanderthals were approximately equal.
However, at some point there came a turning point in this war. What caused this is not known for certain. One of the likely factors, scientists believe the invention of long-range weapons.
“Perhaps the invention of ranged weapons – bows, spear throwers, throwing clubs allowed the more graceful Homo sapiens to defeat stocky Neanderthals from afar. Using hit and run tactics,” Nicholas Longrich reflects.
Another reason could be the ingenuity of sapiens, which allowed them to get more prey with less effort. And, therefore, it is better to feed your men, who have more strength for long fights.
In addition, more plentiful and satisfying food increased the survival rate of children, and, therefore, gave numerical superiority to sapiens.
The scientist also emphasizes that if the Neanderthals were pacifists, as some researchers tend to believe, the war would have ended much faster.
Probably, sapiens at some point were able to become more skilled warriors than their relatives. This was the reason that modern people conquered the planet.
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Experts Declare Experimental Cancer Vaccine Based On mRNA Technology Is ‘Safe and Effective’
A new cancer vaccine based on Covid mRNA vaccine technology
which has yet to be clinically tested has already been declared “safe
and effective” by the British government.
Known as ‘LungVax’,
the new vaccine is being developed by the University of Oxford, the
Francis Crick Institute and University College London, and is expected
to be the first of a huge range of new cancer vaccinations available in
the near future.
Research scientists developing the ‘groundbreaking’ lung cancer
vaccine claim it will be effective in preventing up to 90 per cent of
cases by training the immune system to locate and attack early signs of
disease.
Lung cancer cells look different from normal cells due to having ‘red
flag’ proteins called neoantigens. The LungVax vaccine will carry a strand of DNA which trains the immune system to recognize these neoantigens on abnormal lung cells.
It will then instruct the immune system to destroy these cells and stop lung cancer.
Professor Tim Elliot, lead researcher at the University of Oxford, said: ‘Cancer
is a disease of our own bodies and it’s hard for the immune system to
distinguish between what’s normal and what’s cancer.
‘Getting the immune system to recognize and attack cancer is one of the biggest challenges in cancer research today.”
Elliot admitted the new vaccine is based on technology used to create the Covid vaccine.
‘This research could deliver an off-the-shelf vaccine based on
Oxford’s vaccine technology, which proved itself in the Covid pandemic.
Remarkably, given the disastrous health consequences for those
vaccinated with the experimental Covid vaccines, Eilliot praised the
mRNA roll out as a success.
‘If we can replicate the kind of success seen in trials during
the pandemic, we could save the lives of tens of thousands of people
every year in the UK alone.’
Researchers have been granted up to £1.7 million from Cancer Research UK and the CRIS Cancer Foundation.
The team will receive funding for the study over the next 2 years to
support lab research and initial manufacturing of 3,000 doses of the
vaccine at the Oxford Clinical BioManufacturing Facility.
If successful, the vaccine will move straight into a clinical trials,
involving those at biggest risk of disease, such as current and former
smokers who currently qualify for targeted lung health checks in some
parts of the UK.
Elon Musk’s X must be “shut down” by government because dangerous “conspiracy theories” are spreading on the social media platform, according to British TV host Jeremy Vine.
“If there any argument to say, and this will sound crazy, but
China does it, we’ve got to now take control of Twitter and shut it down
for the time being,” said Vine.
Vine made the comments earlier this week during a heated debate
regarding speculation surrounding the health and whereabouts of Kate
Middleton, the Princess of Wales.
Boomers have become obsessed with speculating that Middleton has died or is severely unwell and that the Royal Family is hiding it because she hasn’t been seen in months after an operation.
The manipulation of a series of photo of Middleton and her children also only served to fuel the rumors, as some sources close to the princess claimed she had been murdered by the royal family.
However, instead of dismissing the whole issue for what it is, a pointless distraction that will disappear once Middleton makes a public appearance around Easter, Vine called for draconian measures.
Modernity report:
Ah yes, the Communist dictatorship of China, which shuts down the Internet to clamp down on dissent and enhance its repression of undesirables.
That’s definitely who we should be mimicking, Jeremy.
Throughout the COVID pandemic, Vine’s show was a platform for some of the most vulgar, authoritarian drivel imaginable.
One show asked if children who are unvaccinated should be banned from schools or made to wear special badges.
Another asked, “Is it time to ban the unvaccinated from traveling?”
Vine has made a name for himself as being a dutiful amplifier of regime messaging, while his annoying side hobby of biking around London looking to film confrontations with motorists has also angered many.
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