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_Robert_ wrote:
When you consider that homo sapiens has been around for about 300 thousand years, this is not too, too surprising. Neanderthals apparently just didn’t have what it takes, but the genetic material they contributed to us may have played a part.

All the settled living seems to be in the past 10-15,000 years.  I understand that the cl…[Read more]

Modern humans carry neanderthal DNA. 

And then, there’s this:

When you consider that homo sapiens has been around for about 300 thousand years, this is not too, too surprising. Neanderthals apparently just didn’t have what it takes, but the genetic material they contributed to us may have played a part.

I took a junior college level course four or five years ago in Cultural Anthropology. I don’t remember any sites in this topic mentioned in the text book, although (apparently) we started discovering these sites in the 1990s.

From ChatGPT, my query:
in what areas of the world are we finding new evidence of human, neolithic (or earlier)…[Read more]

@PopeBeanie

Using LIDAR and other means, it’s been discovered that Gobekli Tepe, while being perhaps the most important complex, is far from the only one. I’m sure several dozen lesser sites have been found in the vicinity. Also, there are other recently discovered sites, notably Karahan Tepe and Mendik Tepe, which seem to be even…[Read more]

@JakeLafort

Yo —
I ain’t forget, nah, I etched it in graphite,
That afternoon light, like fate in a fistfight.
Street was a stage, collision was script—
Didn’t see it then, but the ink don’t slip.

Heart got jacked like a beat in the mix,
Love scribbled sharp in a moment that sticks.
Organs strung out, nerves all twisted,
Lines got blurred,…[Read more]

Wow. First thought, they must have been able to find a lot of meat; second thought there must have been a lot more natural, edible plants back then. I confirmed with AI, and saw lots of other good info and research on this topic. While “only 5%” of this area has been dug up! And there are some similar sites not far away.

Anthropological history…[Read more]

That all makes sense. Yes, you’re a good writer. Here, only Jake invokes more esoteric vocab and poetic-licensed creativity. Enco kinda does that too, but I don’t have the time to look up a lot of his historic references. History was my worst percentile score in high school, along with other Humanities. (Just IMO; I try not to declare truths for…[Read more]

PopeBeanie wrote:
But I take your opinion on guitar skills more seriously now that I know you had rock guitar experience. You’re not the only one wishing she’d focus more on solos.

I don’t wish that at all. If I have a wish, it’s for people to stop wishing she would take solos. The Warning’s orientation is songwriting, not dazzling us with ins…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
I hope you can see the vast difference.

Well yeah, and she’s no SRV (who also sings blues/rock well) either, or like her guitar mate in Band Maid, but the audience still appreciates her playing. I liked that she doesn’t outshine her sisters, and I wouldn’t say she couldn’t shred if she had the urge. She focuses well on other…[Read more]

Another song ABOUT The Warning (Dany in particular).

and another third-party tribute to the band. This Warning tribute thing seems to be taking off.

PopeBeanie wrote:
WOW, fantastic fancam-based production! I think I see some on-stage taken cuts spliced in, although I see no credit given for them. (Unless a fan had great perspective and zoomability. I do see some lower-rez shots, which is fine.)

Yeah, I think if you watch you’ll see people with cameras off to the side, so it isn’t all…[Read more]

WOW, fantastic fancam-based production! I think I see some on-stage taken cuts spliced in, although I see no credit given for them. (Unless a fan had great perspective and zoomability. I do see some lower-rez shots, which is fine.)

Some reactors really bug me, with their personal opinion/mocking of all the stage-facing phones seen in an audience.…[Read more]

@PopeBeanie

I’m a rock and roller and like electric guitars and loudness. In a past life, I was a particular kind of photographer of women. I shot erotic nudes for websites and I ran several websites of my own to display my photographer. My style fell into the pro/am category: a pro photographer working with amateur models. I worked with many…[Read more]