How modern humans beat the neanderthals | Richard Wrangham and Lex Fridman
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Published 2021-10-11
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Richard Wrangham is a biological anthropologist at Harvard, specializing in the study of primates and the evolution of violence, sex, cooking, culture, and other aspects of ape and human behavior.
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All Comments (21)
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Can we all take a second and realize how blessed we are to have the internet and to be able to learn this information.
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I've noticed that infighting within species seems to be worse if the possibility of fatal wounding is lower. This is why you often see big animals like bears get in each other's face but they rarely hurt each other because the cost of engaging in a fight is potentially too high. It makes me wonder if humans naturally became less aggressive and learn to cooperate as our weaponry got better and the chance of dying in a conflict became almost certain
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I'm consistently amazed by both the variety and quality of guests.
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Cooking is simply outsourcing the digestion process. Genius.
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Lex is one of the few actually smart Podcasters. It's such a gift
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Fascinating discussion. Off to watch the whole interview.
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The evolution of our relationship with fire and the evolution of our relationship with the sun present so many questions and it excites me to have people like you exploring these questions.
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This is one of the best guests he's ever had on here.
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That we live in a time where these kinds of gents get more recognition can only be a great thing for humanity
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They ignore the cross mating of the species which would have resulted in a degree of assimilation of the Neanderthal.
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"We are one of the worst killing machine species that's ever existed". No, we are the best.
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brilliant learner and it seems to both intrigue him in all subjects and provide a fantastic tool for his personal evolution. So fun to watch, thank you 🙏
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Fascinating stuff. Nice job Lex
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It would be interesting to look back at us in say 20 - 30 thousand years and see what kind of effect our modern diets with high sugar content, high calorie, easy digestion, vitamins, other supplements, etc and easy living had on us.
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Great discussion. It answered many curiosities I had and opened new questions. Thank you for sharing. You are an increasingly important asset to the world. Please strive to do more and become better at asking the questions your listeners would ask.
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I could listen to this guy talk about his field all day
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Brilliant guest, Lex a brilliant interviewer .. asks excellent questions and then gives space to expert guests like Richard Wrangham to answer
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Soo... Basically what you're saying is, teamwork makes the dream work??
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This topic is unbelievably fascinating, can't wait to watch the full podcast!!
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Lex asks the best questions of any podcaster
