Poohs Packin posted:

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

Yaldabaoth posted:

Some people want to believe that ancient humans fit the "Magical Black Person" archetype. It's like the complete opposite of people who think ancient humans were complete dumbfucks who needed aliens to build everything for them.

stratdax posted:

A lot to unpack with this comment. What do you mean by "cultural significance"? Keep in mind the articles edited the original archaeologists quotes to hell and back, so what might seem to be some bold claims might actually be clearer in the published paper that it's total hypothesis or supported by evidence. Also, here's a quote from the article: "Some of the burning must surely be associated with lighting in such a dark location, but only further discoveries from this or other sites will show us how common were such deep cave occupations in the ancient past, and what their purpose might have been."
Not exactly a controversial statement.

My partner is an archaeologist in a region with much more modern human activity and a clear picture of the historical record, and she certainly doesn't attach what the motivation might be for a site outside of "shelter", "trading route", "hunting ground", "garbage dump", or how things were used without objective evidence. For example, there's a small item they keep finding all over the region they just call a "whatsit", because the cultural knowledge has been lost (well, purposely eradicated by the colonizing government) and they aren't about to just guess and officially declare what they were used for without some clear evidence.

OMFG FURRY posted:

what you were going for was "Noble Savage" myth

and that sort of thinking has been mostly debunked in the last couple decades, because ancient peoples were just as smart as we are. just not as many fancy tools and a distinct lack of individuals hoarding wealth, see longhouses

stratdax posted:

Weird posts itt. Are you even talking about this finding specifically anymore or arguing against something you've built up in your head or what.

Floodixor posted:

I unironically love threads like this because someone will post something genuinely like "wow look what scientists found out" and the thread is either completely disrespectful responses (but funny ones, I mean) mixed with honest posts that are educational from users who actually work in the industry,studied it,etc

Big Beef City posted:

* not that they can't be construed as such. It's just that for every thread that starts with "I had a peanut butter sandwich today" them posting "Actually the only reason peanut butter exists is due to nearly a millenia of slavery pushed by whites which destroyed entire civilizations and resulted in the dancing negro trope ending with Mr. Peanut that we have today" every single time they post is...a bit much.

quote:

On January 22, 2020, Planters released a teaser for its Super Bowl LIV commercial featuring Mr. Peanut, Wesley Snipes and Matt Walsh. The trio were shown hanging onto a branch after accidentally driving the Nutmobile off a cliff to avoid an armadillo, with Mr. Peanut electing to let go and fall to his death onto the Nutmobile, which then explodes. The company's social media outlets stated that his funeral would be the subject of Planters' Super Bowl ad.[18][19][20]

Planters suspended the campaign shortly after the Calabasas helicopter crash on January 26, which killed all passengers including former NBA player Kobe Bryant. They eventually resumed the campaign with the Super Bowl commercial, which showed Snipes and Walsh presiding over the funeral of Mr. Peanut, also attended by fellow mascots Kool-Aid Man and Mr. Clean. Kool-Aid Man's tears combined with sunlight cause a new, younger incarnation of Mr. Peanut, dubbed "Baby Nut", to grow from the soil.[21]

GokuGoesSSJ3 posted:

But Mr. Peanut is clearly a white aristocrat? Wow, the wikipedia page for Mr. Peanut is wild:

poverty goat posted:

this was a primitive laboratory where smart neanderthal researchers attempted to unlock the secrets of burning the cave trees like the regular trees

Yaldabaoth posted:

Real Talk: Everyone's joking about it but there is a non-zero chance at least one of those stalicites went up a neanderthal's rear end.

The Wicked ZOGA posted: