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  1. So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: theguardian.com/science/2026/m.

  2. So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: theguardian.com/science/2026/m.

  3. So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: theguardian.com/science/2026/m.

  4. So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: theguardian.com/science/2026/m.

  5. So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: theguardian.com/science/2026/m.

  6. Please give a "Like" to my #YouTube post regarding new findings on #extinct #sabertoothed #cats in #Europe:
    youtube.com/post/UgkxWq5kVVlAt

    According to new #researchresults—based on the reconstruction of the #brain #morphology of fossils—#Megatereon #cultridens was a skilled #climber, possessed #poorhearing, and had #keeneyesight.
    © #StefanFWirth, May 2025

    Reference

    I. Meli et al. (2026) doi.org/10.1002/ar.70213

    Illustrations
    © S.F. Wirth, AI-assisted

  7. Please give a "Like" to my #YouTube post regarding new findings on #extinct #sabertoothed #cats in #Europe:
    youtube.com/post/UgkxWq5kVVlAt

    According to new #researchresults—based on the reconstruction of the #brain #morphology of fossils—#Megatereon #cultridens was a skilled #climber, possessed #poorhearing, and had #keeneyesight.
    © #StefanFWirth, May 2025

    Reference

    I. Meli et al. (2026) doi.org/10.1002/ar.70213

    Illustrations
    © S.F. Wirth, AI-assisted

  8. Please give a "Like" to my #YouTube post regarding new findings on #extinct #sabertoothed #cats in #Europe:
    youtube.com/post/UgkxWq5kVVlAt

    According to new #researchresults—based on the reconstruction of the #brain #morphology of fossils—#Megatereon #cultridens was a skilled #climber, possessed #poorhearing, and had #keeneyesight.
    © #StefanFWirth, May 2025

    Reference

    I. Meli et al. (2026) doi.org/10.1002/ar.70213

    Illustrations
    © S.F. Wirth, AI-assisted

  9. Please give a "Like" to my #YouTube post regarding new findings on #extinct #sabertoothed #cats in #Europe:
    youtube.com/post/UgkxWq5kVVlAt

    According to new #researchresults—based on the reconstruction of the #brain #morphology of fossils—#Megatereon #cultridens was a skilled #climber, possessed #poorhearing, and had #keeneyesight.
    © #StefanFWirth, May 2025

    Reference

    I. Meli et al. (2026) doi.org/10.1002/ar.70213

    Illustrations
    © S.F. Wirth, AI-assisted

  10. Please give a "Like" to my #YouTube post regarding new findings on #extinct #sabertoothed #cats in #Europe:
    youtube.com/post/UgkxWq5kVVlAt

    According to new #researchresults—based on the reconstruction of the #brain #morphology of fossils—#Megatereon #cultridens was a skilled #climber, possessed #poorhearing, and had #keeneyesight.
    © #StefanFWirth, May 2025

    Reference

    I. Meli et al. (2026) doi.org/10.1002/ar.70213

    Illustrations
    © S.F. Wirth, AI-assisted

  11. theguardian.com/environment/20. The #biosphere is fully integrated & inter-dependent. Take out one part of an #ecosystem & the rest of it collapses - & the same is true of the biosphere as a whole. If all #fungi were to become #extinct, the #extinction of other #eukaryotic life-forms, including #humans, would follow, & very rapidly.

  12. NEW VIDEO: Languages are dying. species are going #extinct. Our world's #diversity is withering away. But why should anyone care anyway? Why should diversity be treated as a value in itself?

    youtu.be/Mx6VhWcUjCY

  13. ’It blew my mind’: Long-lost ice-age ecosystem, including fossils of lion-size armadillo and giant ground sloth, discovered in Texas ’water cave’

    Two researchers snorkeling in a subterranean stream in Texas discovered fossils from the Late Pleist...

    Archive: ia: s.faithcollapsing.com/85snz

    #animals #extinct-species
    livescience.com/animals/extinc

  14. Animals considered extinct for 6,000 years just re-emerged in a New Guinea rainforest

    Not one but two different species of animal, both thought to be extinct, have been spotted alive in…
    #NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #Discovery #Extinct #marsupial #Science #species #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/493833/