The Write-Down #17
Each week here at downboy, LLC, we like to take a moment to get to know a little more about our amazing team. One question. Three Answers. No judgment.
Neanderthals have been in the news a lot lately as new discoveries shed more light on who they were and what happened to them. And what happened to them is complicated, not least by the fact that they seem to still ‘exist’ occasionally in the DNA of modern Homo Sapiens. Essentially, they didn’t completely disappear, but in the race to become the dominant primate species on planet earth, they lost. Why? has been a question without a definitive answer for some time now. After all, they were quite physically capable, intelligent creatures with language capabilities, tool-making, and artistic ability. A new theory posits that their ultimate lack of success had to do with the fact that they were not nearly as good at building communal networks as humans. Often living in small, isolated bands, where knowledge crucial to species survival became locked up inside their larger individual skulls.
What, if anything, can we learn from this?
“Speaking from experience, loneliness can take its toll.”
Charles, “Big Cheddar” Showalter
“After being told my own art looked like some Neanderthal made it, I looked into this. Turns out they had a sense for abstraction, not just making crude representations of animals to hunt. Also, I think they liked dogs, too.”
Wallace, Assistant Director, Sales
“Hmmm. Grok say what?”
Dan-O, Mono-instrumentalist