The Mason Minute

The Mason Minute


Neanderthals (MM #5273)

August 29, 2025

Growing up, I excelled in my science classes in school, but I never truly enjoyed them. I could handle the memorization, but I never understood why some people are so concerned with some parts of science. The fascination that some have with dinosaurs and prehistoric times is something I don’t understand. Some scientists are suggesting that Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals began interbreeding tens of thousands of years earlier than previously thought. That’s fascinating, but does it really matter? While we may learn about what happened in our past, it doesn’t necessarily change what’s happening in the present…

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