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soga1893 - 26 Nov 2007 15:12 GMT

Did anyone go to the lecture last Thursday night in Trinity College,
Dublin given by Clive Gamble?

From an article about the proposed lecture by Dick Ahlstrom (Irish
Times, Thursday, November 22 '007) I quote:

Begin:

During his talk he will discuss the "social mind". something that
allowed humans to out-compete other hominins such as the Neanderthals.
Yet aspects of the social context of human activity are generally
ignored in favour of more clinical studies of brain size and tool
use.*

End:

So homo sapiens were more socially skilled than Neanderthal? Did
anyone go to his lecture? I'd love to know his evidence; but my best
guess is that it is just the distortions of perception that hold the
hand of sterotypes.

Humans and Bonobo share a social gene which Chimps do not have. Does
anyone know if the same gene was present in Neanderthal?

*Management psychology does not ignore social skill at all - it is
primary most of the time.

Donal

PS. This post will appear in the newsgroup Life Before Eden as soon as
I can. I don't know how to cross post. If anyone can cross post this
to any relevant site please do and I'll put you on my Christmas card
list, or send the full Debian 4 OS including source code to any
address you like, or indicate source here to a photo of my sister, or,
failing that, I'll promise not to hug and kiss you. Is Duck around?

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cormac - 27 Nov 2007 08:25 GMT

> Donal
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> address you like, or indicate source here to a photo of my sister, or,
> failing that, I'll promise not to hug and kiss you. Is Duck around?

What is the point of this group? The topic is covered by
sci.anthropology and sci.anthropology.paleo.

Have you an agenda or are you having fun?

Cormac.

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soga1893 - 28 Nov 2007 16:09 GMT

> > Donal
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> Cormac.

Yeah, well, when I read your comment, I felt like the idiot who
thought the library was a nice quiet place to tune his guitar

I was never any good at history and used to memorise just enough of
the stuff to get a pass mark. Anyway, the notion of 'life before eden'
might seem offensive to some, even a contradiction. I don't even know
the definition of 'history' - its parameters being the written
record? I felt like getting out, making as little noise as I could.

Then I double checked. I ran a search, soc.history.ancient, of the
terms I had used and got the following hits:

Chimpanzee 63
Bonobo 8
Neanderthal 403
Homo Sapiens 452

My question was not out of place.

My agenda is to create a web site with two discussion groups. One of
the discussion groups being open and the other closed. The closed
group will form an editorial board for the website. My contribution to
the web site will be on the conceptual models of pre-history.

The web site and discussion groups have already been set up.

It is a voyage of discovery and a sense of adventure and fun is
probably essential.

Thank you for taking the time to comment on my post.

Donald O'Sullivan

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cormac - 29 Nov 2007 15:22 GMT

> The web site and discussion groups have already been set up.
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> Donald O'Sullivan

Have fun

Cormac.

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soga1893 - 30 Nov 2007 00:11 GMT

> > The web site and discussion groups have already been set up.
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> Cormac.

I quote from your comment:

What is the point of this group? The topic is covered by
sci.anthropology and sci.anthropology.paleo.

It is a new perspective on the past which might include many old and
new envelopes of knowledge. Remain in a state of funk so, Cormac. I
could have done with your tidy mind on this voyage.

Donal

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soga1893 - 30 Nov 2007 16:15 GMT

> > Donal
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> Cormac.

Just for the record, I had a look at sci.anthropology and
sci.anthropology.paleo and found a whole new world of information.
Thank you and please excuse my impatience.

Donal

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