tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22925401.post7691120553918993663..comments2023-08-11T08:21:09.562-06:00Comments on A Very Remote Period Indeed: Kids did the darndest thingsJulien Riel-Salvatorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05344338385695383003noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22925401.post-3620577685152246122008-01-17T14:55:00.000-07:002008-01-17T14:55:00.000-07:00Glen,thanks for the kind comments! Making otherwis...Glen,<BR/>thanks for the kind comments! Making otherwise somewhat obscure academic topics accessible to a wider audience is in part what this blog's about, so I'm glad to hear I'm succeeding in at least a small measure.Julien Riel-Salvatorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344338385695383003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22925401.post-82397971747126407542008-01-16T15:01:00.000-07:002008-01-16T15:01:00.000-07:00Yes, all I can do, knowing very little on the subj...Yes, all I can do, knowing very little on the subject of Neanderthals is echo archaeozoo's excitement. It puts light on a problem that I don't think everyday people would contemplate on their own without this blog to coax us. It's all the clearer because I think you've presented the subject in an accessible way to the general public. Fresh ideas are a great gift, so thank you.Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22925401.post-68283367820667686562008-01-11T07:01:00.000-07:002008-01-11T07:01:00.000-07:00Anne, Anonymous and Archaeozoo: thanks much for th...Anne, Anonymous and Archaeozoo: thanks much for the comments!<BR/><BR/>Anne - well, this reflection might have been overdue, but it comes at a critical time in the disicpline and I think (hope?) it will help reorient discussion away from simple "like <I>Homo sapiens</I>/not like <I>Homo sapiens</I>" conclusions. Sometimes, I feel that a contextualized more fuzzy "<I>how much</I> like <I>Homo Julien Riel-Salvatorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344338385695383003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22925401.post-19705934118246310612008-01-11T05:12:00.000-07:002008-01-11T05:12:00.000-07:00This was a very thought-provoking blog.This was a very thought-provoking blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22925401.post-8391994356689406442008-01-10T17:17:00.000-07:002008-01-10T17:17:00.000-07:00This is for "Anonymous" as well as Afarensis. The...This is for "Anonymous" as well as Afarensis. The comment of "Anonymous" was right on target! There is, IMO, a dreadful tendency to conflate "all that is modern" in the Paleolithic --- especially the Upper Paleolithic --- with H.(sapiens)sapiens. And Anonymous is right that this happens in both popular and "academic" venues. What the people who write these things don't seem to see is that Anne Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045500116098233731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22925401.post-72225709707403213282008-01-10T16:14:00.000-07:002008-01-10T16:14:00.000-07:00Best post of the year! I think this problem is so ...Best post of the year! I think this problem is so hard to get your head around, for all the reasons you discuss, including thinking of the children on non-Homo sapiens as actual children, that it has been nearly completely ignored. But my favorite part of the post is almost tangential to your whole topic, "the Upper Paleolithic, which is a euphemism for 'prior to the dominance of Homo sapiens in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22925401.post-5432692780020799902008-01-09T19:45:00.000-07:002008-01-09T19:45:00.000-07:00BTW, I've been passing tidbits from this blog, to ...BTW, I've been passing tidbits from this blog, to my, and some other, related e-mail lists.<BR/>Anne GAnne Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045500116098233731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22925401.post-81628866409813963862008-01-09T19:43:00.000-07:002008-01-09T19:43:00.000-07:00Well, somebody has to start work on this sooner or...Well, <B><I>somebody</I></B> has to start work on this sooner or later! I'm glad it's sooner(more or less)rather than later.<BR/>Anne GAnne Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045500116098233731noreply@blogger.com