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just keep chatting about whatever nobody else is chatting about,
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Quote from: odeon on November 07, 2015, 03:02:25 AMI miss the blabberizer.I miss blabberizer worthy trolls.
Quote from: Al Swearengen on November 06, 2015, 04:01:18 AMThere is a lot of politics involved in these things. How many populations did Aboriginals in Australia come from? Where did these populations originate from? Was it from one migration ore several? If several, were they from different racial types or cultures? If so were one displacing another?Why would any of these things matter?Well...not to be too blunt but IF there is a narrative that Aboriginals were living peacefully in isolation and as one big large tribal existent and were oppressed by the invading white people, how would this be altered if it came to light that they migrated in three or four migrations and the weaker or earlier inhabitants were driven off, killed, oppressed, amalgamated into the newer migratory tribes?It is thought by some that the Tasmanian Aboriginals and some Pygmy sized Aboriginals in the Daintree area of Queensland were a different racial mix and culture and were remnants of an early migration that were killed or driven off by later migrations. Politics, sociology and philosophy matter in these things.What things?You just skimmed everything in this thread, didn't you!? Admit it, or just keep chatting about whatever nobody else is chatting about, such as Australian politics and the migration of aborigins.I'm talking about neanderthals and nomenclature in paleontology.But, eh, whatever, if I have to humor you, then, who claims Aborigins in Australia were "living peacefully"?Nobody but hippies, I assume, racist hippies at that, if they are to claim that somehow Aborigins have some "peaceful gene" or something, but I don't listen to hippies. Aborigins are people, and yes1. They very probably arrived in several waves.2. They very probably waged tribal warfare back and forth and across each others, non stop, they're people, that's what people do3. They probably didn't even care much about nature, another "noble savage"-myth. They exterminated many endemic species.In the end, politics only matters in terms of the media representation of this. There are no serious biologists who try to portray any tribal community as overly pure, kind or perfect in their behavior. This is misrepresentation by the media - OR unprofessionalism in the field.I have sneaking suspicion none of this will be read, instead skimmed, and some kind of absurdly arbitrary debate about Australian politics will ensue.
There is a lot of politics involved in these things. How many populations did Aboriginals in Australia come from? Where did these populations originate from? Was it from one migration ore several? If several, were they from different racial types or cultures? If so were one displacing another?Why would any of these things matter?Well...not to be too blunt but IF there is a narrative that Aboriginals were living peacefully in isolation and as one big large tribal existent and were oppressed by the invading white people, how would this be altered if it came to light that they migrated in three or four migrations and the weaker or earlier inhabitants were driven off, killed, oppressed, amalgamated into the newer migratory tribes?It is thought by some that the Tasmanian Aboriginals and some Pygmy sized Aboriginals in the Daintree area of Queensland were a different racial mix and culture and were remnants of an early migration that were killed or driven off by later migrations. Politics, sociology and philosophy matter in these things.
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I think I agree with all that you said above. But about the Flintstones, do you think they were more Neanderthals or Home Sapien? Sapiens
Neanderthals tanned leather, and likely made clothes for themselves. Pigment might have been used to color their clothes, to decorate tools, and also to color themselves. Face-paint has always been common with humans, and even more so the further back in history we go (or if we look at tribal communities, which often have quite elaborate face-paints, often associated with religious rituals or warfare)