https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05286-z
This is an open access article. What they found was that some of the >variation that we inherited from Neanderthals reduces sensitivity to
pain. Anthropologists have noted the number of broken bones that have
healed that are associated with Neanderthal fossils. It has been
proposed that they were pretty much contact hunters. They may have used >thrusting spears, and may have even wrestled with their intended meals.
This seems to indicate that there may have been selection to reduce pain >sensitivity.
On Sat, 14 Oct 2023 08:55:49 -0500, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by RonO <rokimoto@cox.net>:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05286-zI'd think that there would be a delicate balance between the
This is an open access article. What they found was that some of the
variation that we inherited from Neanderthals reduces sensitivity to
pain. Anthropologists have noted the number of broken bones that have
healed that are associated with Neanderthal fossils. It has been
proposed that they were pretty much contact hunters. They may have used
thrusting spears, and may have even wrestled with their intended meals.
This seems to indicate that there may have been selection to reduce pain
sensitivity.
ability to ignore pain because it improved the chance of
successfully hunting large and/or dangerous game and the
*in*ability to recognize when pain indicated a potentially
life-threatening problem which needed immediate attention.
On 10/14/2023 11:23 AM, Bob Casanova wrote:
On Sat, 14 Oct 2023 08:55:49 -0500, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by RonO <rokimoto@cox.net>:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05286-zI'd think that there would be a delicate balance between the
This is an open access article. What they found was that some of the
variation that we inherited from Neanderthals reduces sensitivity to
pain. Anthropologists have noted the number of broken bones that have
healed that are associated with Neanderthal fossils. It has been
proposed that they were pretty much contact hunters. They may have used >>> thrusting spears, and may have even wrestled with their intended meals.
This seems to indicate that there may have been selection to reduce pain >>> sensitivity.
ability to ignore pain because it improved the chance of
successfully hunting large and/or dangerous game and the
*in*ability to recognize when pain indicated a potentially
life-threatening problem which needed immediate attention.
The article indicates that the sensitivity that is reduced is for cases
where the area was first prestimulated, and it was subsequent
stimulation that was decreased. So it doesn't sound like the initial >sensation was reduced, but later activation of the same sensors that was >affected.
This is an open access article. What they found was that some of the variation that we inherited from Neanderthals reduces sensitivity to
pain. Anthropologists have noted the number of broken bones that have
healed that are associated with Neanderthal fossils. It has been
proposed that they were pretty much contact hunters.
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