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[–] massacre@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeahhh.... first thought I had when the DNA news hit was that this had pretty rapey vibes...

I don't think there was a lot of consent on offer.

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I thought neanderthal males were thought to be a lot less aggressive than homo sapiens (possibly even the reason for their extinction)? Even though I suspect you could be right. I think it's possibly a mistake to apply how we are today to how our relatives were 40,000+ years ago. Also they might not have a comparable concept of rape if you go back far enough. So the personal trama, cultural implications, and psychological impact are possibly hard to analyze from a modern lense.

[–] kossa@feddit.org 11 points 4 months ago

Gotta need a time machine for that ~~sweet neanderthal pussy~~ interesting anthroplogic research.

[+] DancingBear@midwest.social 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

1: Neanderthals are also humans for the purpose you're discussing, the results of higher cognitive functions. The label is actually applied to all hominins by anthropologists (note the nin and not nid)

2: A lot of tribal cultures have historically had more female autonomy than women in industrialized or preindustrial cultures. There's a lot of discussion about why that is exactly but this image of women as caveman chattel is just a lie

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

From a very cursory Wikipedia check, hominini includes chimpanzees?

I might have missed something - you're saying anthropologists consider all hominins human? Including chimpanzees?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hominini is not the same thing as hominin, in short. Hominins are more properly known as the subtribe hominina of the tribe hominini.

I know, it's obnoxious. It's like some of these dudes are just making names up as they go along.

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Okay, that makes more sense. Thanks for the clarification!