tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post6696806832998041404..comments2024-03-28T02:36:04.078-07:00Comments on Health Correlator: We share an ancestor who probably lived no more than 640 years agoNed Kockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755560885749335053noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-17389427517747114112023-12-27T10:56:53.234-08:002023-12-27T10:56:53.234-08:00This post is a revised version of a previous post....This post is a revised version of a previous post. The original comments are preserved here. More comments welcome, but no spam please!Ned Kockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755560885749335053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-84612748479711098022013-09-24T07:01:27.864-07:002013-09-24T07:01:27.864-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Sadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13452823552545627692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-24395132794520742912013-09-10T07:28:26.166-07:002013-09-10T07:28:26.166-07:00The world population was not as big as it is now i...The world population was not as big as it is now in the past. So I guess our youngest common ancestor is max 560 years away.<br /><br />The world population was about 400 million in 1451 and this is about the same size the theoretical population of uncommon ancestors is.julianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936510137618688789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-17508985472625020322013-08-25T11:56:41.845-07:002013-08-25T11:56:41.845-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Matthew @ My Little Eye Surgeryhttp://worldclasslasik.com/lasik/discount-lasik-centersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-90594097991036118882013-08-20T09:00:29.796-07:002013-08-20T09:00:29.796-07:00In warrior societies (e.g., the American plains’ t...In warrior societies (e.g., the American plains’ tribes), rape was often perceived as a particularly low form of behavior. The reason is that it was associated with cowardly behavior, which in warrior societies was strongly associated with low status among men.<br /><br /> One serious problem in warrior societies was adultery though. High status warriors appear to have been very desirable mates. On the other hand, their lives would typically be short.<br /><br /> We should be careful not to take as historical reality what we see in movies. In epic action movies it always works well to portray a leader as a tyrant who commits all kinds of despicable acts, including rape. This makes them good villains. <br /><br /> This general formula is something that works well in all kinds of action movies, by the way. The ones starring these guys follow it in a very predictable way: Charles Bronson, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sylvester Stallone, and Jason Statham.Ned Kockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755560885749335053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-13351030739258903782013-08-20T08:45:05.593-07:002013-08-20T08:45:05.593-07:00The rapist ancestor theory has been around for a w...The rapist ancestor theory has been around for a while – i.e., the theory that our most successful ancestors were rapists. <br /><br /> I don’t believe in it. Rape has always been seen as a despicable act that would lower the social status of those who committed it.<br /><br /> The historical record suggests that it was very uncommon in hunter-gatherer societies – e.g., the American plains’ tribes.<br /><br /> It might have been more common in certain societies during certain periods, as a result of group forms of behavioral “disease”; a big one being slavery.Ned Kockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755560885749335053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-77116805864421634112013-08-19T21:38:35.911-07:002013-08-19T21:38:35.911-07:00GK was both a rapist and had high social status. ...GK was both a rapist and had high social status. Higher than Mick Jagger. To be our common ancestor, it is unlikely that he did not take advantage of relationships that were not strategic. Think also the many conquered people who were subjected to whatever whims he may have had.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352151855145958818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-12615782307626756112013-08-18T08:28:37.785-07:002013-08-18T08:28:37.785-07:00Hi Anon. You raise a good point, but it is not ver...Hi Anon. You raise a good point, but it is not very likely. High status in societies where polygamy was either encouraged or tolerated was often maintained via strategic relationships; a warlord taking as wives daughters of powerful allies. This is probably what allowed the Spanish conquistadors to avoid certain death; in addition to cavalry, superior armor, and Toledo swords. In these types of cases, mistreatment of the women would be suicidal.Ned Kockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755560885749335053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-66886375957890075782013-08-18T08:28:17.638-07:002013-08-18T08:28:17.638-07:00The comment below apparently was not posted.
----...The comment below apparently was not posted.<br /><br />------------------<br /><br />Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "We share an ancestor who probably lived no more th...": <br /><br />"And who was that common ancestor? That person was probably a man who, due to a high perceived social status, had many consorts, who gave birth to many children. Someone like Genghis Khan."<br /><br />Did he have many consorts due to high perceived social status, or was he a rapist? I guess that's the relevance of the Face Forward link.<br /><br />"Face Forward works with community leaders around the nation to identify victims of violence who are legitimately working toward recovery and who carry the physical evidence of past abuse."<br /><br />Sounds like a good cause, but strange wording. How does someone illegitimately work toward recovery? Ned Kockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755560885749335053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-54473330607635531342013-08-17T14:49:23.289-07:002013-08-17T14:49:23.289-07:00I agree Ugur. With old posts, however, that would ...I agree Ugur. With old posts, however, that would be a full time job. With new ones, I remove spam but tend to err on the side of not removing if they have a positive motivation behind them. Deborah’s comment above is one of these cases, or so it seems.Ned Kockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755560885749335053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-9513061170579298802013-08-14T19:27:20.954-07:002013-08-14T19:27:20.954-07:00Hi Ned.
I think you should remove comments that a...Hi Ned.<br /><br />I think you should remove comments that are obviously spam. There are so many even in your old posts.<br /><br />I know what these people trying to do (getting links to a specific site), but they are wrong.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05864995998698805667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-70662424415439794982013-08-14T01:53:29.892-07:002013-08-14T01:53:29.892-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424522318992410860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-85064643223665576962013-08-13T06:20:01.044-07:002013-08-13T06:20:01.044-07:00Deborah, are all the reconstructive services to wo...Deborah, are all the reconstructive services to women who suffered abuse pro bono? Where to the funds come from?Ned Kockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755560885749335053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-7357154588596649642013-08-13T06:19:03.285-07:002013-08-13T06:19:03.285-07:00Good point dearieme.Good point dearieme.Ned Kockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755560885749335053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-69337090199268257582013-08-13T05:03:01.579-07:002013-08-13T05:03:01.579-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8859456735165996893.post-49413272549234395712013-08-12T14:21:42.492-07:002013-08-12T14:21:42.492-07:00Allow a nitpick: "due to a high perceived soc...Allow a nitpick: "due to a high perceived social status" - is there some secret social status that is not perceived?<br /><br />Uncle Genghis would cut your head off for that.deariemenoreply@blogger.com