Sarae.the.wannabe.chemist2

@Sohan Lalwani dries tears thanks, man!

So I discovered something called the Eocene and learned it came before the Paleolithic, which means I have to work backwards and learn everything before then to where I started and then past that. I learned all of this new stuff for no reason so I'm going to go cry now 🥲

@Sohan Lalwani wait really? I read somewhere that mice have a similar digestive system to humans. They were wrong? I can't believe I believed that! And that hypothesis had some very strong evidence, including physical evidence. The critics didn't sound very educated in my very humble opinion (even when they're wrong they're still so much smarter than me!). Also, I'm thinking about checking out Richard wrangham's book, "Catching Fire: how cooking made us human". I read an awesome review that praise his book, and in specific areas and ideas. However they did mention he had a few unnecessary, flippant, baseless comments, so I'm on the fence.

@Sohan Lalwani speaking of brains, there is a study called, "The cooking hypothesis" which basically proposed the idea that humans obtaining cooking skills increased brain sizes over time, especially eating the cooked food. The hypothesis was supported by comparing raw and cooked foods, caloric intakes, and digestion difficulties. There was a lot of criticism on this idea, but one that stuck out to me was the test they did on mice for comparison and evidence that it wasn't true. They fed mice raw and cooked food and said they found no difference, but what I don't understand is how this can be if when we eat cooked food, it literally upgrades our brains, especially when we're babies and kids. And how come they're comparing today's mice to prehistoric humans? They know that when we changed our diets, our bodies changed, including our gastrointestinal tract. Shouldn't they apply it to them and not us? I feel like this hypothesis is pretty accurate and could very well be true.

@Sohan Lalwani I guess the croods would be homo erectus lol. Maybe the humans before them ( I think it might be h. heidelbergensis if I recall correctly) used apes as an example of communication and behavioral patterns, since they didn't walk upright (which is why they aren't h. erectus ha). What do you think?

@Sohan Lalwani ohhhhh thanks, man. I forgot the early humans from 3mya didn't talk, due to lack of a verbal language. So wait: how did h. erectus and h. habilis communicate and coexist? Is there a book for that?

@pinball1970 ok thank you. I need to write all of these down now!

@exchemist oh wow... I was off by MANY time periods! Nevermind guys I didn't know shepherd boys were that poor. @pinball1970 thanks, I'm going to look for these along with some others I've found on Wikipedia resources.

@swansont ohhhh you know what? I think I'm misremembering the story a bit! A sling does sound more correct and familiar.

Do you guys think the old testament is in the lower paleolithic? Like David and Goliath's story? I was thinking about David's slingshot and the stone used to killed Goliath. I understand that stones were used to kill things in that era, but what I don't know is if slingshots were invented in any of the lithics industries during that time period because I haven't gotten that far. I don't think it would be far-fetched to assume slingshots were invented. I don't know, what do you guys think?

Hahaha! I like tangerine tyrant better than The Annoying Orange!!

I live in the U.S. (CRAZY, right?) and if you know anything about what's going on over here...yeah. I was originally watch MSNBC until I read comments under a video saying not to because they're bought, so now I don't know what to read/watch. Although I did here that foreign countries covering another country's news tend to be less biased towards us. Is that true?

@exchemist right. @TheVat I placed a hold on Phillip Whitfield's book, so it should be in my possession shortly. Are there any other books you would recommend I check out? On a sophomore year level please, I'm not very bright.

I guess it would be, "would the history of WW2 have changed in terms of the Holocaust? Would the Holocaust have even happened?"

@dimreepr so are you saying that the drugs were basically useless and he wouldn't have changed a bit? Well, it might have made him less-if not completely- of an abuser at home. But he would still have been evil? @pinball1970 correct, my response is irrelevant, but I thought I'd shed light on the fact that he was heavily influenced, but OP revealed that it didn't change him. I think before I was a bit... literal, but I think the replies are more logical than my original approach.