RE: https://flipboard.com/@scimag/news-from-science-dgvs7ea7z/-/a-dHaawse0TlCFW1dxAadrpA%3Aa%3A2427788627-%2F0

Next time you hear about the imminent #DemographicCollapse and extinction of the human race because women don't have enough babies (ideology promoted not only by right-wing politicians and activists, but also by many techbros BTW), just read this article about how many external catastrophes and misfortunes #Neanderthals had to withstand until they finally went extinct.

https://www.science.org/content/article/neanderthals-survived-knife-s-edge-350-000-years

Probably one of Neanderthals' resilience secret was that magical birch tar 😍

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116252140575631370

What's also worth highlighting from the #Neanderthals extinction article: #evolution happens faster in smaller populations.

This was new and surprising information for me.

#biology #archeology