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Originally posted by Aquarius1
It's amazing how much is in the news right now about the Neanderthals, seems to be everywhere. How in the world can they tell if someone is promiscuous by the shape and length of their or maybe your fingers. It would seem to me that their fingers were large and long because of their shear size, they weren't exactly small people.
They think early humans were likely to be more competitive and promiscuous than people today, that is an understatement, I cannot imagine them being more competitive or promiscuous then humans today, it seems we are out of control on those fronts, this method could prove to be an exciting new way of understanding how our social behavior has evolved today. That is interesting, it may have always been with us from the beginning.
Although the fossil record is limited for this period, and more fossils are needed to confirm our findings
Drawing conclusions with limited data, as is obviously the case here, can lead science down the wrong path. In fact, often the wrong conclusion is drawn for other reasons. For example, perhaps those with similar index finger to ring finger ratio, might be more prone to have their remains found, due to habitat factors.
Scientists often propose theories, then try to find data that fit those theories, failing to take into account many other factors.