Can a literal Adam exist in the context of the fossil record, and if so, what would he have looked like?
No. Evolution doesn't work like that; you don't suddenly end up with an individual that represents a distinct new species. Things are much more gradual than that.
>>3069488
OP there's a mitocondrial eve so Adam would be that female's mate. Also there's some theologian that argued Adam and Eve were not the first humans in the taxonomical sense but the first humans with rational souls granted by the tree of knowledge. All of modern humanity has descended from those two, thus we all have rational souls/original sin.
>>3069495
>Neanderthals get shit on
>Erectus gets shit on
>Naledi gets shit on
>Hobbits get shit on
Yeah nah.
Is transgenderism a new thing or has it been around since time immemorial? Sorry, I can't post this on the containment board because of the bias. Thanks.
you can post this on the containment board though; there are sane people who will give you some insight. Not everyone there [lesbeans] is pro-trans
>>3066064
Oh, I meant /pol/
>>3066049
I mean it's transphobe who say trans people will always be the gender assigned to them so like why be upset when they reproduce in a way that transphobes say is "natural".
Gender variance is a human constant at least since the advent of the Neolithic so get used to it.
Is this the first nation in the history of the human race that is quite literally impossible to invade, occupy or conquer?
Think about it, even if you manage to get through the natural barriers (surrounded by two fucking oceans, borders only two fucking countries) the entire damned population is armed. It's not possible.
ITT we think of plausible strategies of occupying the US
Why do Americans think the population being armed makes any difference? Americans are pussies and lack military training. Most of you would submit to an invading force. Your unmatched military and natural barriers are what make you difficult to invade.
>>3066075
lol
>>3066075
>Most of you would submit to an invading force. Your unmatched military and natural barriers are what make you difficult to invade.
Eh, I'm not a county boy from the flyover states, but from what I understand they've been masturbating to the idea of going innawoods during an invasion since they were in diapers, and definitely know their way around a rifle and general survival techniques.
>great grandpa was best friends with this dude https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanullah_Khan and was his right hand man during the civil war
>great uncle was Gorbachev's limo driver in NYC
>great (x5 or 6) grandfather was brothers with an Afghan king, which makes me royal family, and my dad and I are currently working to confirm my great grandma's claim of this (she has no reason to lie)
What's in your genetic history /his/
My family named the gastineau channel way back when, it's almost dryed up now
I have a cousin who played for the Jets in the 90's
>>3065255
I think I'm a descendant of this guy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrell_(surname)#William_Terrell_who_married_Susannah_Waters
my great g-ma's family had a large tobacco plantation in North Carolina and I tried to genealogy and went a few generations back on someone's mother's side along the way and got to the Terrells
also my great uncle was The Beatles pilot and then U2's pilot if that counts for anything
and my cousins' cousin is Chris Hadfield
oh and my great grandpa might have been chummy with Grace Kelly and Lucky Lucciano
John Paul II's helicopter flew over my uncle's house once
You are now stuck in year and place the last historical documentary you just watched took place in or was about.
How fucked are you?
>I'm now being conscripted into the South African border war
So I'm stuck in june 67. I hope I'm in Israel and not egypt...
>>3059035
which side did the documentary mainly show footage from?
>Eastern Front 1944
send help
>be France
>help out small rebellion of colonials out in North America, because fuck u britain
>small rebellion turns into large war that strains your already dying economy even more
>proceed with the most bloody coup in human history
>finally be successful for a little while
>get fucked again
>get fucked again by Germany
>get almost fucked again by Germany
>get definately fucked again by Germany
>war stops for a while
>join this EU thing, seems cool
>Hey wait a second who's in charge of this agai-
>Get fucked AGAIN by Germany
>Meanwhile while you were busy getting fucked, said colonial rebellion turned into the world hegemon, while ALSO teaming up with the fucking British of all people
>yfw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MYAGyZlBY0
>Be french
>Walk home from work because roads are a honking quagmire of compact FIATS
>drop baguettes as the earth shudders beneath you
>bakery is now a twenty foot deep crater
>akbaring intensifies as a hordes of future doctors and mathmeticians scamper away in all directions
>finally get home in one piece to your flat
>gf Solene is on her back, legs in the air as Mubar plows her
>merde
>at least we still have wine
>Nigel is mad frenchies wont die for him anymore
divine and conquer wont work anymore bong
>>3080009
France is one of worlds most developed countries, and co-leader of the biggest single market on the planet.
Turned out pretty well for them, I would say
If Russian communist party founders were Jewish then why was the soviet union anti religious?
What does /his/ think about the Kabbala Jewish influence on this?
>>3078587
I'm hazy on the subject but apparently there's are 2 types of Jews
the communistic-atheists who emphasize as being apart of the Jewish race
or
the cutthroat capitalists who keep their religion
>>3078587
They were not anti religious at all, only anti every religion that is not Mystery Babylon (what you call Kabbalah Judaism is a smidge of this). Just like they are today. You might liken it to satanism but that is meme-tier explanation, still it works to an extent.
>>3078611
?? Rotschilds sponsor Soros, you are saying they are two different types. This is blatant misinformation, there might be two types but then it´s "globalists who wish for a literal conspiracy-tier NWO with rfid chips and the works" and "nationalist jews who just want Israel to prosper and privately dislikes the liberal cultural marxist ones".
A mistake
>>3078453
In China
>Hey guys, Confucianism is getting too fucking mystical and religious with gods and shit. Confucius' didn't talk about the nature of religion. Let's go back to focusing on its Social Philosophy aspects, g?
But when it came to Japan and Korea:
>LUUUUL CLASS FREEZE! KEKEKEKE EVERYONE! REMAIN IN YOUR SOCIAL CLASS.
>>3078512
>>LUUUUL CLASS FREEZE! KEKEKEKE EVERYONE! REMAIN IN YOUR SOCIAL CLASS.
So, it's just Confucianism?
Let's be honest, they're basically the niggers of Europe.
How is this /his/? I say you're the nigger of Europe.
Germans are the only redeemable people of europe without their guidance Europe will falter.
>>3078430
Is this bait?
>Muh self-discipline
>Whip yourself with a bamboo shoot until you've achieved nirvana
Meanwhile, buddha is American-tier fat
>>3078408
> le every Buddha is Gautama Buddha meme
I like how he's portrayed that way when irl he probably looked like your average Poo on the Delhi roadside
>>3078541
This is Saint Francis of Assisi, alter Christus.
Say something nice about him!
>>3078069
he's a big monk
>>3078069
I saw a rule 34 of him and some animals in the forest. Was hot wish I still had it.
If the man always usually tried to pick the most attractive sexual partner, thus giving his offsprings better looks via partner's genes...
Does it mean that the older the times were, the uglier people looked in overall?
But 'ugly' and 'beautiful' are kinda subjective. Some things that were considered beautiful back then, are considered ugly now etc.
>>3077973
>Does it mean that the older the times were, the uglier people looked in overall?
Perhaps in pre civilization times, arragned marriages being the norm killed this aspect of evolution pretty hard.
>>3078024
They're really not. Facial composites tend to an attractive mean for a reason. Objective ideal beauty is a real thing that pemeatrs the universe which humans strive to seek.
Can anyone tell me how these things would have been implemented in optimal scenarios?
In an optimal scenario this thing would have never been designed.
>>3077475
/thread.
It is called the people's jet for a reason
It was meant as a cheap short-range interceptor and would have probably been very successful at that, it was cheap, fast, sufficiently armed, had an ejection seat and flew very well. Only downside was its short range, though that was planned and due to it's small size.
In the scenario it was implemented in and because of which it was actually designed, however, it didn't look as good: It was literally designed and built within 3 months, built out of low-quality materials because of the war situation and mostly flown by inexperienced Hitlerjugend pilots who got some 10 hours of training before they were sent to fight.
tl;dr: this >>3077475
I still think it was a very cool plane, though.
Has there ever been a technocratic society?
How would it work practically in a modern context?
>>3077278
It sounds like rather than having a senate/parliament, the government would somehow be composed of universities and tech firms.
So it seems that a technocracy is in every regard superior to democracy for every reason other than it hasn't been implemented yet, and emotional arguments over "muh freedumbs"
Why should the average plebshit be allowed to influence decisions relating to healthcare, public policy, environment, etc. Especially considering how easily they are manipulated by identity politics. Why not let departments of experts in their respective field call the shots?
>>3077292
I think in theory there would still be a central governing body. But rather than making policy themselves they would make legislation based on the votes of individual departments of experts in their respective fields, rather than basing policy on an open democratic system
Is it true that it's common in the US to graduate High school without being required to read a single word written by a Greek or Roman?
Yes
The banks turned high schools into day care centers, if you want to obtain a real high school level education you have to take out student loans and go into debt for $100k
>>3077103
American here. Yes.
I had a pretty awesome series of English teachers though, so we at least touched on the Odyssey. It was mostly Shakespeare we read for "old literature".
No Cicero, Polybius, Tacitus or anything like that though.
>>3077103
I can safely confirm that I knew almost nothing about the Romans until reading SPQR.