The findings explain why Neanderthals didn't ornament themselves or make art....
#1 | POSTED BY DOC_SARVIS

These findings might hold more weight if they did not contain easily dismissed 'facts' as utter BS.

The reason for a species die-off might have more to do with immunology and resource acquisition than genocidal aggressors.
#10 | POSTED BY REDLIGHTROBOT

One of the biggest issues I have with modern science and publishing of research is that the scientists are only rewarded for publishes theories - which the mainstream media puts forth as the undisputed truth rather than simply a theory. There is no reward for someone to simply publish - "We discovered this amazing attribute about XYZ and we don't know what the hell it means". In my opinion, it is a misuse of the scientific method as very often these theories become 'facts' without any real scrutiny and alternative views are rejected because they do not fit the 'mainstream' theory. It is wrong, but it happens all the time.

I would place Relativity into this bucket. The original theory was proposed with Einstein though the extent of the known universe was the Milky Way Galaxy. Once we knew that we were only a small fraction of that (meaning visible matter density was too small for the theory to work), the Relativists started to just make stuff up. Not enough matter - how about a Black Hole? Still not enough matter - how about Dark Matter? Pulsars defy the redshift Hubble Constant - no problem, we just make up more fantasy attributes. Forget the fact that none of these things has any provable data behind them. Yet, this theory (with ridiculous band aides) is seen as a 'fact' by the mainstream media which makes any alternative theory laughed out of the room and not receive any funding. It is a sad state of affairs and a huge waste of money and intellectual capability. Sort of like majoring in Flat Earth Geography in Europe circa 1491.

Heh. Jacque_Strap considers relativity to be bunk.
Or is that just "Jewish science" to your little Nazi brain?

#13 | POSTED BY HELIUMRAT

I am pretty sure that if I called someone a Nazi, I would find myself back in exile pretty quick...gotta love double standards.

As to your moronic insinuation - I was not the one that needed to invent dark matter, black holes, etc to make my theory valid. Neither did I have to change my theory to match the recorded temperature of the CBR when the original theory was off by a factor of 10. Further, I do not need to assign magical properties to pulsars to compensate for the fact that their radiation emissions can not by explained by the theory of relativity without assuming a spin so high that they would tear themselves apart. I did not need to manufacturer any of these fantasies. Some people just say God made the whole universe and settle with that - that actually seems more reasonable than relativity once you strip away the magic sky fairies required to make the theory hang together.

Lastly, relativity was actually a discovery of Lorentz (does not change the fact that it was wrong). E=MC^2 was the discovery of an Italian way before Einstein as well - does not change the fact that it is worthless.

But you are a Nazi, Jacjue. Or at least, a Holocaust denier, which in my mind makes you a Nazi.

Your mind is warped.

My grandfather died on Normandy beach*, and I read two biographies of soldiers in WW2 and one describes the death camps in detail after he was captured.

I hope you die.
#15 | POSTED BY HELIUMRAT

I should add that I do not hope you die - I don't wish that on anyone. If you ever are interested in a serious debate on this topic, we can do that. However, it is clear that you are more interested in name calling and outright lying than discussion of any topic but my offer stands if you ever change your mind. I think that you will find the mainstream account is incorrect in many aspects but that the general story of the holocaust is correct.

Um, Patton describes a death camp in Germany, not Poland, in his diaries.

#17 | POSTED BY HELIUMRAT

Please give me the name of the camp in Germany that had gas chambers. I am sure the USHMM would be very interested in learning about this too as their vast team of researchers have concluded that 100% of the gassings occurred within Poland - a country Patton never stepped foot into during the war.

Generals George Patton, Omar Bradley, and Dwight Eisenhower arrived in Ohrdruf on April 12
#20 | POSTED BY HELIUMRAT

Ohrdruf was a labor camp - you will not find a single claim of a gas chamber, crematoria, etc in any of the accounts. The prisoners held there died from starvation and a typhus epidemic brought on by the ally bombing of German infrastructure. Should the Germans have put the Jews in concentration camps - absolutely not. They are responsible for their deaths. Was this a 'death camp' with gas chambers per the Holocaust narrative - no.

Within days, Congressional delegations came to visit the concentration camps, accompanied by journalists and photographers. General Patton was so angry at what he found at Buchenwald
#21 | POSTED BY HELIUMRAT

The total deaths at Buchenwald is officially stated as 33,462 (.56% of the 6M death toll). Once again - there is not a single gas chamber or gassing recorded here to fit the definition of a 'death camp'. I will also note that some of the items the US brought the location population in to see where:
1.) Human soap (since debunked)
2.) Human skin lampshades (now missing)
3.) Shrunken heads (from the state museum)

If you believe everything you read about Buchenwald, you have been terrible misled. Of course, the Allies brought in Alfred Hitchcock to make a 'real' film about the Death Camps in Germany (where no gassings took place) and those films unfortunately is what most people think the holocaust was. The facts remains though - that not a single gassing occurred within all of the area liberated by the US or British so none of these camps were death camps. Again, however, I will repeat - Should the Germans have put the Jews in concentration camps - absolutely not. They are responsible for their deaths.

Do you know the title Hitchcock advised them on?
#28 | POSTED BY REDLIGHTROBOT

Memory of the Camps. Actually, the entire 'why we fight' series released in America during the war was more or less propaganda (I think everyone would admit to this) so you need to take that into consideration when you view any official military 'documentary' filmed at this time. However, it was these film productions that led to such universal untruths such as the shrunken heads and human fat soap - which have now all been officially debunked.

On the Russian side, they had all their footage filmed under their ministry of propaganda and I don't think anyone would argue the productions under this ministry were 'documentaries' in any sense of the word.

Once again, these are just facts - I would never argue the concentration camps in Germany were are sunshine and unicorns, that was never the case and their mere existence made them wrong.

My uncles were there, they were American troops who freed some of those camps, to be a holocaust denier is a crime in Germany. Now, this liar who believes Neo-Nazi propaganda posts those lies here? It's worse than pornography.

#27 | POSTED BY DANNI

First, unless your uncles fought for the Red Army, they absolutely did not free a death camp.

Second, can you name me another topic that is illegal to research in the Western world?

Third, I guess that I love the US Constitution because it enables us to research whatever we want - you know, that document you want to get rid of apparently.

Fourth, I find absolutely nothing wrong with pornography. Your attack on it seems to just be one more attempt by your ilk to get rid of the 1st amendment.

The Washoe of Arizona also have legend of a cannibal giant that lived in a cave near sacred Cave Rock - this is the land that connects to California - these giants were probable isolated families spread across quite a large territory.

#32 | POSTED BY REDLIGHTROBOT

RLR - this is a pretty interesting topic and I have to admit that I did not hear about it previously. I will have to do some research on it. For some time, my theory has been that there were multiple mass extinction events in the past that erased cultures at different levels of advancement. For instance, I have read a lot on the pre-Clovis, and Clovis people. Clearly, these people had a more advance tool kit than those that came later and were driven to extinction for some unknown reason without interbreeding. I think there is a lot of history to still uncover in the US.

Because that's not all that helpful. I notice a lot of interesting things that I have no idea what the hell they mean. They only become interesting when I can fit it into the broader picture of my field.

#34 | POSTED BY JPW

I disagree. With the internet as a means for distributing information along with many breakthroughs occurring in adjacent fields, the world would be a much better place if the actual data was shared rather than someone always trying to make sense of it first. Sometime, simply knowing something exists is very useful even if we don't understand the underlying reason for why it exists.

"American G.I.'s began entering the Nazi concentration camps sixty-five years ago this month. Liberating. Witnessing. And showing the world the horrors of what had been done.

There is a difference between a death camp and a concentration camp. Yes, people died at concentration camps but there was no systematic attempt at extermination. Death was a result of the lack of adequate food and medical supplies at the end of the war (when German infrastructure was destroyed). There was not a gas chamber in any of the concentration camps in Germany - they all existed in Poland. This does not make it right that the Germans, or Americans, or British, or Japanese, or Russians employed concentration camps - it is a violation of basic human rights. The death that resulted was entirely avoidable by simply never having this system put in place.

We aren't discussing research, we were discussing the illegality of attempts to rewrite history in Germany.

Danni, in order to get history correct, sometimes we need to research unpleasant subjects. For example - we now know that human soap never existed. We also now know that no gassings occurred in Dachau - this despite that being the story for many, many years. Just because the information is related to the holocaust, you want to stop all research. You would rather call someone a holocaust denier than simply admit that mistakes were made in the previous recording of history. I am not making a case of the Germans being correct in policies, I just want to know the actual facts - we are doing our future generations a disservice by passing along know untruths.

To both of you - another thing I find interesting, particularly given their geographical location are the old Norse myths about Trolls and Dwarves,
#42 | POSTED BY ZEROPOINTNRG

Homo Erectus skeletons have been found in Indonesia that date back as little as 15k years. Also, there is pretty clear evidence via skull structure of localized evolution with homo erectus and AMH from East Asia both displaying the same skull characteristics. If "Out of Africa" is correct, the timing is way off. As a result, we would expect many migrations through the years that may or may not have been killed off in mass extinction events. Those migrations with localized evolution could have constituted many distinct races.

On more concrete things - there is pretty compelling evidence that the Clovis people were Europeans that traveled to America via skin boats and the partial ice sheet on the Atlantic. This is based on similarity in tool kit to the so named 'Colvis' point.