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The Rat
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alienist
Skeptic Friend
USA
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 Posted - 02/09/2012 : 13:01:35 [Permalink]
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| Does anyone else think the picture looks like DNA? |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 02/09/2012 : 13:27:20 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by alienist
Does anyone else think the picture looks like DNA?
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I think they look like fish. |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 02/09/2012 : 13:36:12 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by alienist
Does anyone else think the picture looks like DNA?
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Oh, man. I can totally see some loons trying to make hay from that "fact." The resemblance is there.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 02/09/2012 : 20:32:18 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by alienist
Does anyone else think the picture looks like DNA?
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That was my first thought. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 02/09/2012 : 20:51:42 [Permalink]
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I thought at first that the creatures were dolphins, but seals are the best fit, since they have no dorsal fins.
I did not think of DNA. I suppose that any line-drawing representation that requires two lines to define the edges of a somewhat linear body, and then is filled with shading by parallel lines, might looks somewhat like a traditional model of a very short DNA strand. But it's a very weak remembrance, and coincidental, I think.
Actually, I'm amazed at this first known example of Neanderthal art. I, too, thought them entirely incapable of any art. Yet here are seals (perhaps harbor seals), looking rather realistic, and seeming to interact. The Neanderthals clearly observed seals regularly. And the line shading was a rather advanced technique. |
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| Edited by - HalfMooner on 02/09/2012 20:52:40 |
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leoofno
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 02/10/2012 : 07:11:53 [Permalink]
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| Something about the article bothers me. The project leader said "homo sapiens have attributed our selves every achievement, showing [the neanderthals] almost like monkeys." Really? When was the last time Neanderthals were considered "almost like monkeys"? Many decades or longer, I'm sure. While the rest of the article seems reasonable, this raises a red flag for me. |
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On fire for Christ
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Posted - 02/15/2012 : 01:21:52 [Permalink]
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| wasn't there a theory that Neanderthal cave-art was a crude imitation of human cave art? Like a copied behaviour? If their dates are correct and Humans were not in this area yet, it would seem to put that theory to bed. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
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Posted - 02/15/2012 : 01:24:42 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by On fire for Christ
wasn't there a theory that Neanderthal cave-art was a crude imitation of human cave art? Like a copied behaviour? If their dates are correct and Humans were not in this area yet, it would seem to put that theory to bed.
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Good thinking! |
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Beautiful.
