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Or is it ?
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Africa's so far oldest burial has been unburied. It dates to ~78,000 BP, a ~3 year old modern human child. Other intentional burials in Europe and Asia data back 120,000 BP, modern humans and Neandertals.
Paper:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03457-8
Pop science:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00805-6
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05 ... -years-ago
Method of dating:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminescence_dating
Burial rites are seen as part of what's somewhat generically called modern behavior, or behavioral modernity (attention, the wikipedia article is outdated), though the term should be used with caution because it carries some implications. Is currently thought that it gradually and variably arose between 800,000 and 40,000 before now, across different human species. Artwork like paintings and carvings, personal adornement, composite tools, advanced stone tool technology and burial rites are among the indicators.
Paper:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03457-8
Pop science:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00805-6
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05 ... -years-ago
Method of dating:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminescence_dating
Burial rites are seen as part of what's somewhat generically called modern behavior, or behavioral modernity (attention, the wikipedia article is outdated), though the term should be used with caution because it carries some implications. Is currently thought that it gradually and variably arose between 800,000 and 40,000 before now, across different human species. Artwork like paintings and carvings, personal adornement, composite tools, advanced stone tool technology and burial rites are among the indicators.
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This news article doesn't give much info about it, but it does suggest there is another:BaronVerde wrote: ↑Thu, 6. May 21, 10:19Until before, no intentional burial hac been found in Africa...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56986457
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Yep, Border Cave: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... via%3Dihub
as well as Taramsa Hill in Egypt. I have corrected my post.
Edit: other sites with 'earliest personal adornement' in and around Africa, partly discussed, are for instance and incompletely listed without any order: Forbes Quarry in Gibraltar (Neandertal), Shkul in the Levant (modern humans and Neandertals), and a site in Morocco whose name I forgot.
as well as Taramsa Hill in Egypt. I have corrected my post.
Edit: other sites with 'earliest personal adornement' in and around Africa, partly discussed, are for instance and incompletely listed without any order: Forbes Quarry in Gibraltar (Neandertal), Shkul in the Levant (modern humans and Neandertals), and a site in Morocco whose name I forgot.
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That guy constructs incredible wind driven kinetic contraptions he named Strandbeest (beach beast or animal):
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21 out of 172 Marathon runners killed in China by weather.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/22/china/ch ... index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/22/china/ch ... index.html
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So Yesterday was the start of the latest meeting of the G7 and Bozo Johnson opened it up by saying he wanted to put an end to inequality. I have to say what the **** does he know about inequality when he was born raised and lived not wanting for anything. What does he known about inequality when he recently spent £39K renovating his temporary accommodation and didn't even use his own money for doing so. What does he know about inequality as Just last year he was denying the children of the UK's poorest free school meals, saying that they didn't need them as they could afford to pay for them themselves. What does he know about inequality when he stops all UK foreign charity putting a stop to the feeding and education of the needy. What does he know about inequality as he continually breaks the law and gets away with it because of who he is.
There are hypocrites and then there are the Boris Johnson's of this world, he knows nothing about inequality or the suffering that inequality brings about. I don't see him bringing himself down to the level of anyone else and he most certainly is not going to help them out either. as he doesn't care about anyone other then himself.
There are hypocrites and then there are the Boris Johnson's of this world, he knows nothing about inequality or the suffering that inequality brings about. I don't see him bringing himself down to the level of anyone else and he most certainly is not going to help them out either. as he doesn't care about anyone other then himself.
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My full agreement, @felter. A whole caste of politicians grab all they can and give a shit about others.
This fits right in:
A reconstruction of the events that led to a 7 Feb 2021 debris flow and rock/ice avalanche. Among others, unsustainable development is identified as a key factor.
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/ ... 4455?rss=1
This fits right in:
A reconstruction of the events that led to a 7 Feb 2021 debris flow and rock/ice avalanche. Among others, unsustainable development is identified as a key factor.
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/ ... 4455?rss=1
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@ felter: I'm just curious, so would you rather that Boris did not take a stance on inequality at the G7 Summit?
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As far as I am concerned, I would of course rather Boris and consorts would stop producing their ego and stashing wealth and do their jobs for a sustainable future. "I want to put an end to something" is just verbiage, he already had years to accomplish something and the outcome (not only but also because of the incompetence of likes of him) is to the contrary of their saying. Inequality is on the rise and nobody stops it. This has become constant news, so it goes without proof but ofc I will produce if called for. And I am not even talking about their divisive behaviour in general.
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A funny random news item, Linus at his best:
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But we digress from the random news
A funny random news item, Linus at his best:
... and so he goes on in response to an excretor of anti-vaccination nonsense who claimed that someone is trying to create a new human 'race'. What an utter ... you get it Taken from the https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/6/10/957. Context is that now that they are vaccinated they can meet again in person.But dammit, regardless of where you have gotten your mis-information
from, any Linux kernel discussion list isn't going to have your
idiotic drivel pass uncontested from me.
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My big problem with Johnson in this context is that he just can't help rubbing people's faces in how insincere he's being. Case in point: climate change is a major topic on the agenda for these meetings. Naturally, he chose to fly by private jet from London to Cornwall for the meeting, and then pose for press photos on the stairs of his jet to make it really, really clear that it had happened. Argh.
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I'd say the "outbursts" are relatively limited and controlled. Majority of the post is educational. More than a moderator needs to say.
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Win 10 losing support in 2025. Win 11 coming.
https://www.laptopmag.com/news/windows- ... w-imminent
Nvidia stopping support for 700 and 600 series cards pretty soon. August 31st 2021 might be the last supported driver date.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/its-of ... om-october.
https://www.laptopmag.com/news/windows- ... w-imminent
Nvidia stopping support for 700 and 600 series cards pretty soon. August 31st 2021 might be the last supported driver date.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/its-of ... om-october.
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I wonder if they will offer free upgrade, like they did from Win7/8 to Win10.burger1 wrote: ↑Tue, 15. Jun 21, 18:15Win 10 losing support in 2025. Win 11 coming.
https://www.laptopmag.com/news/windows- ... w-imminent
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So much for Windows 10 being the last version of Windows ever, I guess...
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Unless it will be just an upgraded Win10 with fancy new name and option for free upgrade from Win10 for all users.
In last 2 years I saw plenty of articles about next new Windows and more or less they always say it's just a upgraded Win10 core with some more features (e.g. WIn for phones with two touch screens).
This would actually be somehow consistent.
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Surely though, it is still a lie? Another example of repairing something, even though it is not broken, just for profitsssss my precious?
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What profit though? They gave everyone 2 (or 3 years) of free upgrade, and I heard you can push for it after that. In fact I just upgrade to win 10 this years and I paid ... $20? It maybe a hip thing to crap on evil cooperations but you know ... sometime it's just necessary. It's not like technology both good and bad (hackers) gonna just stands still because MS stop putting out new Windows.greypanther wrote: ↑Wed, 16. Jun 21, 13:04Surely though, it is still a lie? Another example of repairing something, even though it is not broken, just for profitsssss my precious?
Free to peanut cost for a critical product that comes with a decade of free upgrade, I don't think it's worth to complain ... unless you're working as an IT for a large company and have to deal with upgrade/migration, but that's your job and it's hardly exclusive with Windows but any operating system, include non-profit opensource.
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