tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post5438891343389479531..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: The genetics of humannessSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-12563532758399571652013-06-07T21:31:29.085-04:002013-06-07T21:31:29.085-04:00From what I've seen the Neanderthals had small...From what I've seen the Neanderthals had smaller brains than some contemporary human populations.<br /><br />Given that Neanderthals lived in an area coterminous with so-called "Caucasians", the possibility (or certainty?) of Neanderthal human interbreeding supports National Socialist ideology. That is, that Europeans are "special", the herrenvolk.gide07noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-16579231202751466412013-06-07T21:25:37.147-04:002013-06-07T21:25:37.147-04:00"...there are differences in average cognitiv..."...there are differences in average cognitive ability between us and them..."<br /><br /><br />I gave my dog an old SAT yesterday. He didn't answer a single question. My dog is so dumb.<br /><br /><br />I also took my pet dolphin for a walk in the park. He is so slow.gide07noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-66909969614087325252013-06-06T14:23:16.869-04:002013-06-06T14:23:16.869-04:00I have wondered if what has to change in intellige...I have wondered if what has to change in intelligence is not necessarily the median ;)<br /><br />We know a lot of our recent progress in science is explained by the "brilliance" of relatively few individuals. Okay we like the simple story of Einstein, and so Lorentz, Michelson, Morley, Poincare and many other "giants" tend to be in his shadow somewhat. But at the end of the Simon Watersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-22259082989543772172013-06-06T13:19:25.719-04:002013-06-06T13:19:25.719-04:00> I'm intensely interested in why suddenly ...> I'm intensely interested in why suddenly we started cultivating food and building cities, but not sure genetics holds the key, and if it does it seems likely it is mutations later than the original emergence of homo-sapiens. <<br /><br /><br />Yes, it's the *later* version of homo sapiens that we are genotyping. So those mutations you refer to are part of what makes us different.steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-35187287591970860362013-06-06T12:28:25.409-04:002013-06-06T12:28:25.409-04:00Omo remains ~195,000 - we've had 200K years an...Omo remains ~195,000 - we've had 200K years and done not much till that last 9K, at least I'm not aware of much evidence from before the early middle eastern civilization - who cultivated self fertile figs.<br /><br />Yes there is a good chance of a difference but it needs more to back it up. If we'd been wiped out by Flores man 10K+ year ago, they might be here discussing how little Simon Watersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-7658649974140746882013-06-06T11:19:19.640-04:002013-06-06T11:19:19.640-04:00Neanderthal brains were bigger - at least we show ...Neanderthal brains were bigger - at least we show signs of domestication including smaller brains compared to earlier homonids (I believe that was the neanderthals - there are ever more homonid distinctions being made it might have been refined (or corrected) since I read it). <br /><br />You are presuming we are smarter than Neanderthals - I've had that discussion in comments on an earlier Simon Watersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-60912115505029803722013-06-05T06:45:19.370-04:002013-06-05T06:45:19.370-04:00Neanderthal brains were similar in size to human b...Neanderthal brains were similar in size to human brains. (Perhaps even bigger?) Whatever makes us smarter is in the small differences between us and them ...steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-59223800168943719882013-06-05T03:48:38.626-04:002013-06-05T03:48:38.626-04:00Isn't there a Youtube video by a chap who stud...Isn't there a Youtube video by a chap who studied Apes who said yes these gene difference will code for interesting things; short hair, differences between hands and feet, walking upright. He seemed to be of the view the primary physical difference relevant to intelligence was probably size of brain, and that this might not account for much genetic difference at all. Darn, can't remember Simon Watersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-72889643779490901612013-06-02T08:30:46.249-04:002013-06-02T08:30:46.249-04:00And most our DNA is simular to that of bacteria be...And most our DNA is simular to that of bacteria because our metabolism is essentially the same and we use the same building blocks to make cells. I was unable to find the percentage similarity with bacteria, but for fish it is about 75%. The basic fact is that differences among species depend not on differences in DNA that codes for protein but on the bits of DNA that control the rest. People Robert Sykesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-9492971432193730072013-06-01T16:43:41.430-04:002013-06-01T16:43:41.430-04:00"...make modern humans different (smarter?) t..."...make modern humans different (smarter?) than neanderthals."<br /><br />Again with this bs. I guess Steve is just incapable of understanding some things. The meaning of "smarter" is a context dependent. So much so that different words should be used. <br /><br />For example:<br /><br />1. "UHB (see Metropolitan for meaning of UHB) A is smarter than UHB B."<br /><Mulcasternoreply@blogger.com