Stuff To Blow Your Mind cover image

The Nature of Tears, Part 1

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

00:00

Did Neandertalls Have Emotional Tears Like Other Primemates?

The question that is still outstanding, i guess, would be, did they, or would they have been capable of shedding emotional tears like human, ike modern humans do? I'm not sure we could ever have an answer to that, unless we had a time machine. Though i guess it's conceivable that something could be worked out with genetics. That seems like something, ye, a genetic marker could be possible that gives a predisposition to a certain kind of behavior. But a btye, because, like, emotional weeping is something that may not leave any kind of physical trace at all that you could detect. It just seemsorinacas, like that intuition we were talking about

Play episode from 37:48
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app