blessmycottonsocks
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"I reckon it is probably scientifically correct. I've mooted this idea a few times"
Consider this recent photo of an aboriginal girl:
and compare it with this meticulous reconstruction of a Neanderthal boy:
Apart from the different skin tone, they could almost be brother and sister!
The girl and the woman - possibly her mother, have the huge brow ridges, prognathous jaws and receding chin which shows they are pure Australian aborigines. As a people, they are not doing very well - overall population decreased enormously (some estimates put it at 90%) since British colonisation started back in the 1700s. Aboriginal life expectancy is some 17 years less than that of the white population and they are still largely marginalised in societyand discriminated against. There was even a deliberate and disgusting policy to "breed out" the aboriginal race in Australia between the 30's and 60's. Don't know about you, but this strikes me as an eerie parallel to the decline and ultimate absorption of homo neanderthalensis. Were the Cro-Magnon the first racists?
Consider this recent photo of an aboriginal girl:
and compare it with this meticulous reconstruction of a Neanderthal boy:
Apart from the different skin tone, they could almost be brother and sister!
The girl and the woman - possibly her mother, have the huge brow ridges, prognathous jaws and receding chin which shows they are pure Australian aborigines. As a people, they are not doing very well - overall population decreased enormously (some estimates put it at 90%) since British colonisation started back in the 1700s. Aboriginal life expectancy is some 17 years less than that of the white population and they are still largely marginalised in societyand discriminated against. There was even a deliberate and disgusting policy to "breed out" the aboriginal race in Australia between the 30's and 60's. Don't know about you, but this strikes me as an eerie parallel to the decline and ultimate absorption of homo neanderthalensis. Were the Cro-Magnon the first racists?