Re: [OT] Re: Human aggression in space

Other sentient species?  The only other "sentient" life I remember were
the Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis, and as the name suggests, they were
the
same species as humans.  I don't think there's any consensus on how the
Neanderthals disappeared.  Some theorize it's warfare, some say it's
disease or assimilation, etc.  I'm not sure about any other "sentient"
species...  But it is known though, that pre-historic societies tended
to
be extremely violent, all out of proportion to their numbers.  So any
kind
of inter-tribal warfare resulting in genocide is definitely possible.
But the "they would've gone anyways" argument does hold a lot of salt.
For example, the Neanderthals had relatively inefficient techniques of
preserving fire compared to Cro-Magnons.  They might have simply failed
competing with others for hunting grounds, food, etc.

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Even the engineers are not *this* depraved.  This must be the work of
the
Med. students.

						- A friend of mine

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On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Beth Fulton wrote:

> May be not quite you meant, but existing and on-going paleoecology
studies
> are suggesting that we have encountered other sentinent species (the
other
> branches of the Homo tree) and we eradicated them and their cultures.
OK in
> a few years time the "they would've gone anyway" argument may be back
in
> full swing, but at present everything's pointing to we killed them or
bred
> them out (I wonder if Hitler would have had a slightly different view
if
> he'd realised that Caucasians are the only "race" known (so far) to
have
> Neanderthal genetic markers in their make-up?).
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Beth
> 
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