Saturday, April 09, 2005
BAD NEWS FOR NAOMI KLEIN
Don’t like free trade? Can’t cope with climate change? Then prepare to go the way of the Neanderthal:
Modern humans may have driven Neanderthals to extinction 30,000 years ago because Homo sapiens unlocked the secrets of free trade, say a group of US and Dutch economists. The theory could shed new light on the mysterious and sudden demise of the Neanderthals after over 260,000 years of healthy survival.
Anthropologists have considered a wide range of factors which may explain Neanderthal extinction, including biological, environmental and cultural causes. For example, one major study concluded that Neanderthals were less able to deal with plunging temperatures during the last glacial period.
Heh. Stupid primitives.
(Via Evil Pundit)
UPDATE. Anthropological insights from Austin Bay.
UPDATE II. Learn more about Austin (including that he lives in Austin) here.