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Warpy

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13. Yes, and magpies. "Bird brain" is no longer an insult
Sat Oct 21, 2023, 12:21 PM
Oct 2023

Chimpanzees seem to have conversations composed of gestures, blowing, and lip smacking. Perhaps someone will put it together and decode that as a language. Science has already decoded part of the prairie dog language.

I have an acquaintance of an acquaintance who is studying ancient fire in Africa to try to determine just when our ancestors started to harvest fire from lightning strikes and keep it going. There is some evidence of pre human use of fire, but even H. erectus, whose use of fire is well documented, didn't use it to cook his meat, he liked it raw and bloody (studies of scuzz on his teeth showed his diet).

Now thayt we've finally moved on from freak show, exhibition, and treasure hunting, archaeology and anthropology are starting to give us some tantalizing clues about how and where we came from.

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