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ryaner Aug 31, 2006 16:50:33
Replying to FourWinds

FourWinds wrote:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/news/#post-50357

If the theories in this piece are true then the whole of The Mind in the Cave is screwed isn't it ...

This kinda died a death so I'm resurrecting it. Was kinda waitin for someone that knows what they're talkin about to respond before I stuck my oar in, but here goes.

Maybe not the whole of the book. Did the argument in The Mind in the Cave hinge on the Neanderthals being able to trip out or not like their 'cleverer' cousins (i.e. us)? Does the fact that the Neanderthals could make art and think cognitively negate the whole tiered cosmos, ritual painting, shaman thing? If it does then you could say that the theories also trash Inside the Neolithic Mind.

Andy

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FourWinds Aug 31, 2006 17:42:50
Replying to ryaner

I have Inside The Neolithic Mind on the bedside cabinet, so I can't comment on that yet.

To be honest I never liked the way that The Mind In The Cave started with the difference between Neanderthals and Modern Humans. I felt it was very - we survived because of some divine right. I found it a very scary attitude that ruined the rest of the book for me. It seemed quite Arrian.

You're right, it doesn't ruin the proposals of the whole book, but it does damage his credibility (in my eyes at least*).

*Which wasn't that high to start with, because of the above.

W whatisthat
whatisthat Aug 31, 2006 18:01:50
Replying to ryaner

ryaner wrote:
... the whole tiered cosmos, ritual painting, shaman thing?
Perhaps 'we' got that from our (slightly) hairier cousins. There must have been interaction between the species. And maybe some er.. conoodling!*?