Face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed ( www.bbc.com )

valen , 16 days ago

It's totally Marjorie Taylor Greene

JeeBaiChow , 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago)

Came here to say this. Explains her primitive grasp on basic concepts and limited capacity for reason.

WeirdGoesPro , 16 days ago

That’s an insult to Neanderthals.

illumrial , 17 days ago

Would

Ersatz86 , 17 days ago

Marge?

beerclue , 17 days ago

Face reveal at 75k?

FancyPantsFIRE , 17 days ago

I’m getting Mona Lisa vibes.

TropicalDingdong , 17 days ago

Bone-a Lisa

JeeBaiChow , 16 days ago

I'm getting mtg. And I hate it.

Pretzilla , 17 days ago

She looks pretty good for her age

FlyingSquid OP Mod , 17 days ago

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGMILF.

FerdinandSon , 17 days ago

Most intelligent mod response

FlyingSquid OP Mod , 17 days ago

I never claimed to be intelligent and I'm not sure why you think us mods are supposed to only give intelligent responses.

aeronmelon , 17 days ago

Being able to crack wise when you are otherwise serious and measured in your speech is mentally healthy and actually a sign of high intellect. They've done studies about it and everything.

FlyingSquid OP Mod , 17 days ago

Fair enough. I just never call myself intelligent or smart because I really don't think that's my call.

toynbee , 17 days ago

This sounds like something Quagmire would say.

FlyingSquid OP Mod , 17 days ago

Maybe an ancient Quagmire subspecies. Homo Neanderthalensis Giggity.

vivavideri , 15 days ago

I am CRYING 🤣☠️

mipadaitu , 17 days ago

Fixed: One artists rendition of the way a neanderthal woman may have looked based on some research and measurements from a partially destroyed, but reconstructed skull... for a Netflix edutainment show.

FlyingSquid OP Mod , 17 days ago

Or you could go to the Cambridge page and read about what was done in detail and why they think it is an accurate representation.

Also, it's a BBC show. It's just being released worldwide by Netflix.

prettybunnys , 17 days ago

Squid could you allow us a little outrage before you set us straight next time?

FlyingSquid OP Mod , 17 days ago

I'm sorry. Pretend I said nothing.

prettybunnys , 17 days ago

ITS TOO LATE

EditsHisComments , 17 days ago

NOW I'M OUTRAGED AGAIN

mipadaitu , 17 days ago

It's cool stuff, BUT it's still an artists rendition. It's not fact.

Edutainment science is great, but when they pretend "This is what she looked like", it's bullshit. Then when someone comes back later and says "No, THIS is what she looked like" people get all confused and think science is dumb.

When you see interviews with the best science communicators, they always phrase it like "We used the best models we have, and we are confident that this is an accurate representation based on our current information" THAT would be a great sub-headline.

I just hate it when the news gets watered down to show an artists representation, no matter how good, as fact instead of probability.

BertramDitore , 17 days ago

Fully agree. This edutainment disclaimer also applies when it comes to explanations of archaeological sites and the “daily life” of ancient populations. The stories the public hears are based on the best understanding of complex interpretations of ceramics, surface features, architecture, stratigraphy, etc. You could ask two equally talented archaeologists to interpret a site and get two equally convincing but completely different explanations. We just can’t know any of this for sure, it’s all filtered through the lens of the researcher, their methods, and their biases. And that’s okay. The best we can do is apply the most relevant and current methodology to interpret the evidence, be transparent about potential shortcomings, and be willing to change our conclusions if better evidence arises.

Lots of people are uncomfortable with “that’s just our best possible guess at the moment,” but that’s how interpretive social sciences work. Until we invent a time machine, educated guesses based on all the available evidence are the best we can do.