As awesome as science is, there still remain a number of unanswered questions regarding how humans developed from primitive primates into the cultured, sapient beings that we are today. A scientist named Danny Vendramini now believes he has discovered how.
Although geneticists have established the existence of a common ancestor from whom humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and monkeys descended, there's still the question of how and why humans lost most of their body hair and developed high intelligence and language, while other primates did not. Although humans still share nearly all of our DNA with chimps, we look very different and have far different habits. Why?
First, watch his video:
In essence, Vendramini theorises that unique circumstances in early human history (i.e. being hunted as prey by Neanderthals, who were apex predators at the top of the food chain) forced a dramatic evolutionary change in human physiology and behaviour in order to cope with, adapt to and then overcome the predation. He also believes that the vestigial fear instilled in our ancestors by the Neanderthal predators remains ingrained in our psyche to this day, and explains why racism, xenophobia, homophobia and constant battles and wars are a feature unique to humans. Vendramini points to archaeological evidence which supports his theory that, when early humans had completed the transformation to modern humans, they went on a campaign of extermination which resulted in the total annihilation of Neanderthals and their eventual extinction. In the millennia following, humans then turned their aggression towards one another and have been fighting and warring ever since.
Also, read his book Them + Us. It's a very fascinating work and if there was ever a book that got me thinking, this is it.
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Neanderthal Predation Theory - this will make you think.
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