>>5208729Indeed. Btw I mostly lurk in the Kraut/pol/ nowadays, have the feeling they think another Austrian will be their salvation again ... like that is a good idea! Yes, I try to abstain from being too much of an asshat on this board although I am a spurdoposter recidivist. Even if I attack an anon with a hefty shitpost I try to keep the bottomline funny so everyone gets a laugh out of it, even the shills.
>>5208730I'd consider them truly 'modern' as I think the Neander admixture made for quite a difference especially in broad behaviour and adaptive capabilities. Neanders were perfectly adapted hunters, used to the harsh environments of Eurasia. Broadly, the stone age peoples of Eurasia went through a lot of 'genetic bottlenecks', near extinction events which have left a genetic mark on them. Else? Western hunter-gatherers is for example where blue eyes first occured through the now common mutation in HERC2, the neighboring gene of the eye pigment protein OCA2 ... the mutation silences HERC2 and as a side effect also its neighbor. Interestingly, HERC2 plays a apparently huge role in brain development so there might be evolutionary pressures involved in that regard but function is not understood yet (protein does other things too). Near total loss of skin pigment was not present yet as their diet contained enough vitamin D. This later happened when farming became commonplace as grains contain not enough vit D, forcing its production through UV radiation in the skin. Sure they also had different behaviour. With the emergence of farming a mutation in the androgen signaling cascade became more common which decreased the effects of testosterone ... higher population pressure necessitates less aggression. Other interesting genes are from dopaminergic system maybe, see DRD4, it controls the 'reward system' among other things. Longer variants of the gene make prone for exploratory behaviour and creativity but also depression and AHDS.