Humans and neanderthals coexisted for awhile, also sociopathy has likely been present in our entire history, and rabies for at least 4000 years but likely much longer.
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Rabies
I mean, at some point humans and neanderthals coexisted and even interbred. I don't think it's a stretch that there could have been other similar species that we didn't get along with even earlier than that.
Not necessarily, it could just be a fear of humans or hominids that weren't the same as your own tribe. In that sense, ingrained racism and uncanny valley would be the same psychological effect.
I would say there's an evolutionary need to be afraid of things we don't understand. Lots more examples of that as well.
When it looks like something we think we recognize but it looks unfamiliar at the same time, we don't understand it, and we want to stay away from it.
Simple as that, in my mind. 🤷♂️
Everyone thinks it was humans. Why not a remnant from that time Nature started doing deepfakes to kill
https://www.livescience.com/41604-animals-that-mimic-plants-photos.html
Now we're talking!
Literally rabies
I dont think that's smart, I think it's just wrong.
Dead/sick people
Neanderthals
Around 2% of your DNA comes from Neanderthals. If we were scared off by them, it wouldn't have been for too long before we decided the sex was worth it.
Only if you are of European or middle eastern descent. If you are from South east Asian descent, you are more likely to have Denisovan DNA.
If you are from more recent African descent, you likely are straight homo sapien.
The existence of many strange and unique fetishes in humans would imply that Neanderthals were somebody's kink at one time
Maybe it was dead/sick aliens!
And mentally ill / under the influence. You could say sick includes those. The danger was real.
Mentally ill people are far, far more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators of it.
Just a fact worth pointing out.
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