the show was in fact wading enthusiastically into a long-running debate on Agriculture: Was It A Mistake?
Oooh. Thank you for that nugget. I've been seeing bits of that debate play out in discussions I've read about farming or sustainability, and didn't have enough context to know it was coming out of anthropology. Now I can go looking for further context. (The versions I read were indeed more nuanced than that, and did not object to all forms of plant cultivation.)
These are Neanderthal! Sorry, Neanthals. You can tell because they have purple lips, purple blood, and super-strength, as everyone knows about -- ("what?", you ask?) -- AS EVERYONE KNOWS, IS A FACT, ABOUT NEANDERTHALS --
"What," I do indeed ask.
Just a standard-issue medieval lass with the most complicated braids I've ever seen in my life.
Behold: the bog mummy hairdo, an even more complicated braided hairstyle from 280BC.
This lad always wears a muzzle over his face and WE DON'T KNOW WHY. It's NEVER EXPLAINED. At one point he takes it off and has a conversation and his face is perfectly normal!
They're very comfortable. In the future I think everyone will be wearing them. /ObPrincessBrideQuotation.
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Oooh. Thank you for that nugget. I've been seeing bits of that debate play out in discussions I've read about farming or sustainability, and didn't have enough context to know it was coming out of anthropology. Now I can go looking for further context. (The versions I read were indeed more nuanced than that, and did not object to all forms of plant cultivation.)
These are Neanderthal! Sorry, Neanthals. You can tell because they have purple lips, purple blood, and super-strength, as everyone knows about -- ("what?", you ask?) -- AS EVERYONE KNOWS, IS A FACT, ABOUT NEANDERTHALS --
"What," I do indeed ask.
Just a standard-issue medieval lass with the most complicated braids I've ever seen in my life.
Behold: the bog mummy hairdo, an even more complicated braided hairstyle from 280BC.
This lad always wears a muzzle over his face and WE DON'T KNOW WHY. It's NEVER EXPLAINED. At one point he takes it off and has a conversation and his face is perfectly normal!
They're very comfortable. In the future I think everyone will be wearing them. /ObPrincessBrideQuotation.