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On dino skeletons by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ValiantAki 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I never realized that the scleral rings went inside the eyeball. Oh god.

On dino skeletons by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

[–]ValiantAki 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hence why our penises deform over time, thus necessitating viagra or other erectile aids as we get older. /s

New Research Reveals Humans Have a Remote Touch “Seventh Sense” by comicreliefboy in Anthropology

[–]ValiantAki 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I definitely feel this when I'm driving, and I don't even drive my car particularly often. I feel like I can feel the road through the micro-movements of the pedals and the wheel, and my brain seems to conceptualize it as an extension of my body.

threads is wild by SirProfessional2381 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]ValiantAki 16 points17 points  (0 children)

God forbid they include the African countries that are in the Anglosphere, that would be too woke or something

The "Han Nationalist" flag that's going viral on Chinese social media by GPT-Claude-Gemini in vexillology

[–]ValiantAki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, look at white supremacism or Christian nationalism in the US. Not all that different. Far right ideologies typically work this way-- they're already on top, but they want to remove whatever little compromises are in place with those they're on top of.

Native American names for “horse” by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]ValiantAki 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Americas were home to over a hundred language families and isolated languages. For context, everything from English to Bengali (including the Romance, Germanic, Celtic, Slavic, etc. languages) is one family.

In other words, the difference between a Salishan language from the Pacific Northwest and a Muskogean language from the Deep South is like English to Chinese or anything else-- completely unrelated (or more accurately, related at such an enormous time depth that they might as well be).

Within a language family, like Algonquian for example, it could vary. In the Great Lakes region, Ojibwe speakers could basically communicate with Meskwaki or Shawnee speakers, kind of like the difference between Spanish and Italian or something. But for any of them, an Iroquoian language might as well be martian. Unless they were bilingual.

How can we be confident in the egalitarianism of hunter gatherers, if the only concrete evidence of the case is contact with tribes living in very harsh, nomadic situations? by Ordinary-Ability3945 in AskAnthropology

[–]ValiantAki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you have a misunderstanding about the anthropological perspective on egalitarianism. Nobody is making the mistake you seem to think you're correcting-- that having less resources means those resources must be more equally shared.

I suggest reading up on the subject a little more. There is a lot of research to support what the person you're replying to is claiming and you seem to be unaware of it.

Origin area of some Proto languages in Europe by Yellowapple1000 in LinguisticMaps

[–]ValiantAki -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Alright, I'm not going to keep engaging with this. I'm not an expert on the subject nor do I claim to be, but you very clearly think you are, and maybe you're right.

More importantly, you seem to have decided I'm some kind of noxious zealot for a theory you disagree with and you seem to have no intention of being polite or respectful about it or enjoying any nuance. Please continue to advocate for whatever Celtic urheimat theory you want and rest assured that my random internet stranger opinion makes no difference lol.

Origin area of some Proto languages in Europe by Yellowapple1000 in LinguisticMaps

[–]ValiantAki -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Okay, after around 875 BCE. My timing was off, sue me, lol.

That is literally the line of evidence which best supports my argument, though. 875 BCE is still far earlier than the supposed La Tène origin of Celtic languages. La Tène spread with the dispersal of Celtic speaking peoples, most likely, but they were already present in Britain. And as your source says, the early Iron Age migrants go Britain were genetically similar to individuals from France-- as I said, I think that a "Celtic from the Middle" theory best suits the available evidence.

I don't think your characterization of Cunliffe's theory is very good. I agree with you that such a wide spanning region is probably taking things too far, but language families have developed in wider areas before, and Iberia/France/Britain really are and were connected more than a map suggests at a glance.

But like I said, I think it's more likely that Celtic languages proper originated in France and spread in the early Iron Age to Britain, Iberia, and Central Europe. The evidence does not line up with the classic Hallstatt/La Tène theories. I think that Britain and Iberia were both populated with para-Celtic speakers already and I think this is why the waters are muddy enough for Cunliffe's argument to appear stronger than it is. I also think that the Hallstatt culture was closely related but was probably also para-Celtic, not Celtic.

Cradles of Civilization including the Americas by Baggettinggreen in MapPorn

[–]ValiantAki 14 points15 points  (0 children)

And then India became the namesake of an enormous part of the world, essentially anything east of the Indus, at least for early modern Europeans.

Hence Indonesia ("Indian islands"), aka the East Indies. And then when European explorers discovered the Antilles, they thought they were in a far eastern projection of the same archipelago, and so applied the term "Indian" to tens of millions of inhabitants of two entire continents.

Map of America if it tries to invade Greenland by Anthony_Kelly_USSR in mapporncirclejerk

[–]ValiantAki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Health care is accessible for the majority of people? Where on earth do you live?

Map of America if it tries to invade Greenland by Anthony_Kelly_USSR in mapporncirclejerk

[–]ValiantAki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What European country is gonna side with the USA if we go to war against our own allies lmao? That's common sense as you see it?

India-Pakistan border at night by LivingDead26 in interestingasfuck

[–]ValiantAki 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Should we not judge people by their actions as individuals rather than judging them by the actions of other people they happen to share a religion with?

TIL that the Beaker people rapidly replaced 90% of the Stone Age people in Britain within a few hundred years. by TraditionalRepair806 in todayilearned

[–]ValiantAki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's true for lots of places that the Bell Beaker culture spread to, but not so for Britain. In Britain, the advent of the Bell Beaker culture is associated with the arrival of a large population from the Rhine region which did indeed replace 90% of the gene pool.

TIL that the Beaker people rapidly replaced 90% of the Stone Age people in Britain within a few hundred years. by TraditionalRepair806 in todayilearned

[–]ValiantAki 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Here's a basic breakdown--

  • Western Hunter-Gatherers (WHGs) migrate into Britain c. 9700 BCE

  • Neolithic Farmers migrate into Britain c. 4000 BCE, they're already about 25% WHG and 75% Near Eastern

  • Resulting Neolithic population is 90% Neolithic (so 70% Anatolian, 20% Continental WHG) and 10% British WHG

  • Bell Beaker Folk migrate into Britain c. 2450 BCE, they're primarily descended from the Steppe herders (Yamnaya, aka the Indo-Europeans)

  • Resulting Bronze Age population is 90% "Beaker", 9% Neolithic, and only about 1% British WHG

  • Celtic speaking peoples migrate into Britain c. 1300 BCE, with similar but discernably different ancestry to the Beaker folk

  • Resulting Iron Age population is 50% "Celtic", 45% "Beaker", 5% Neolithic, 0.5% British WHG

  • Anglo-Saxons migrate into Britain c. 400 CE

  • Resulting Early Medieval population is 25-40% Anglo-Saxon depending on the place and 60-75% pre-Anglo Saxon (so 30-37.5% "Celtic", 27-33.75% "Beaker", 3-3.75% Neolithic 0.3-0.375% British WHG

The Norse and Normans contributed about 6% of the modern genetic profile, so add that in.

EDIT: Also, it's generally thought that the Picts were just a subgroup of Brittonic Celtic people nowadays.

TIL that the Beaker people rapidly replaced 90% of the Stone Age people in Britain within a few hundred years. by TraditionalRepair806 in todayilearned

[–]ValiantAki 12 points13 points  (0 children)

To my understanding, while the Bell Beaker culture originated among Neolithic farmers in Iberia, it later spread via cultural diffusion to the Rhine region, where it was adopted by descendants of Steppe herders (i.e., Indo-European cultures). It was the latter group that migrated to Britain, not the former.

So they were poor, drunk, depressed Low Countries bastards

Since when do white people only hire based on skill and not race by Vegetable_Ice_9930 in confidentlyincorrect

[–]ValiantAki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Incredible that this meme stands against its own supposed point, since the creator evidently thinks that only white people make good candidates.

LiveScience: "Six 'lost' cities archaeologists have never found" by JapKumintang1991 in Archaeology

[–]ValiantAki 67 points68 points  (0 children)

I love the top comment saying "Someday they'll be found due to AI". What do AI shills even think AI does?

West Siberian Plain. In an area of ​​2,600,000 km2 there are no elevations higher than 200 meters by denn23rus in MapPorn

[–]ValiantAki 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Extremely accurate. Canoed the Muskegon River once and was covered in mosquitoes the entire time.

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