Here is the image of me reconstructed as a Neanderthal:
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As I was looking for it, and running through some of the other reconstructions, I realized that I forgot to mention that neanderthals were also broader across the body than modern humans. That broader body, combined with the shorter stature, served to make them look even more squat, more dwarf-like - in the classic, Nordic-Germanic fantasy sense of "dwarves". it makes me wonder if perhaps a neanderthal hold-out population may have given rise to the original legends of dwarves living in caves and underground tunnels, forging swords and whatnot.
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As I was looking for it, and running through some of the other reconstructions, I realized that I forgot to mention that neanderthals were also broader across the body than modern humans. That broader body, combined with the shorter stature, served to make them look even more squat, more dwarf-like - in the classic, Nordic-Germanic fantasy sense of "dwarves". it makes me wonder if perhaps a neanderthal hold-out population may have given rise to the original legends of dwarves living in caves and underground tunnels, forging swords and whatnot.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’