>>2681561>this paper develops a *behavioral model* of Neanderthal extinction>trading among early modern humans *could* have helped them to overcome potential biological deficiencies>Imagine a society of humans>WAOW look at this logistic map!subjectivist nonsense yet again
it also turns out they're not talking about trade in the political economical sense, but rather take "trade" to mean "there exists a sophisticated division of labour". that is of course beneficial, but it is not trade
they also misuse the term currency. planning is apparently le dictatorial (temple economies like Ubaid don't exist I guess)
>humans engage in a division of labor and trade while Neanderthals do notwhy? I suppose there could be a mutation that makes humans more likely to specialize, but the paper does not attempt to explain anything. not a huge issue but still
all in all I must conclude that the libs are at it again. specific conditions must reign for whoring to become viable. these conditions do not arrive prior to agriculture, which only comes on the scene due to extinction of megafauna. indeed the authors speculate that humans were better hunters than Neanderthals which fits nicely into the standard theory
I found this footnote interesting as well:
>Hunting megafauna relies on strength and enduranceI guess the authors think grug bonk mammoth rather than say using trapping pits
