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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

If 0.1-3% of our DNA comes from Neanderthals, how can 98.5% be the same as primates? Can someone explain this genetic math? #Darwinism #anthropology #evolution

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Einstein showed that mass and energy have an exchange nature with one another. I think the same is true of violence and language.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

What do you focus on when you walk?

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

It seems he invoked a national emergency power. That doesn't mean he doesn't get a break. If you don't like Trump, you'd like him even less if he didn't take breaks.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

What, specifically, is wrong? Is he supposed to work on Saturdays?

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I remember finding a dad's group in a Vegas park once. Great idea.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I think we COULD have a productive conversation, but you don't want to, so, bye

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Who's upset? I'm speaking frankly. Here's the difference. Humans use objects in combat and the weapon is a wildcard. Not so in animal combat. Hence animals don't escalate, their combat is not a crisis, and they need no deferral. I elaborate with pictures here: ericjacobus.com/roba/the-sto...

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The Story of Human Violence – Illustrated

Contents Introduction The Standard Theory of Violence Modern Misconceptions Animal Combat (re-)Defined Human Combat Defined Exchange – The Way Out of Violence Call to Action 1. Introduction E…

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Your cats have it easier. Your cats aren't a threat to their own species. We are different and it's crucial we acknowledge that.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

When I say humans aren't animals, and you ask, "Are you denying evolution?" it's like someone saying they're non-trinitarian and a Christian asking, "Are you denying the Bible?" I'm happy to discuss but I want to point out your limited terminology.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Left wing (and all) people should also avoid the Darwinian trap that states that humans are just animals. This is just as superstitious & irrational as anything else. It has an Eden, Fall (racists will say divergent evolution of the races happens here), and a Messiah (Caesar of Planet of the Apes).

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

25 years ago Peter Singer wrote this about tariffs and trade unions.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

As parents, "sending them out" may not always the best solution for our kids. Sometimes they want to stick around, or we should go with them. Maybe parents and kids should start businesses together. Be creative with your family, exit the exchange cycle, and stop the political escalation. Please.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

All this is done through a complex mass media network that ensures a kind of reciprocal parity between the two sides. Naturally the parties' behaviors and beliefs mirror one another. We might call this an "endogamous bilateral restricted exchange" kinship system.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Democrats are also increasingly marrying only Democrats, who also raise their children in restrictive homes with specific media, education, & groups meant to enshrine liberal beliefs in the children. They also get burnt out on this. Once they're sent out, they are increasingly becoming Republicans.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Republicans increasingly only marry other Republicans. They raise their children in highly restrictive, politicized homes with politicized media and churches. Children get burnt out. Once they're "sent out" into the world, they are increasingly crossing the political aisle to become Democrats.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

American politics is not about philosophy or values. It's all about kinship, and increasingly so today. Let me explain. In America, the two sides are trending toward what Levi-Strauss would have called a "restricted exchange" system. Here's what's happening, as I understand it...

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I would say that both of them think they represent "the voice of the people." Rural low-class whites and the Urban lower class have very different priorities but both think they're oppressed by elites among the opposition party, and both are kind of correct.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I think you're typical Progressive is as open or non-open as your typical Trumper. I find both sides can be open to both good things, and truly insane things. Both have major domains of rigidity, and significant areas of negotiation.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Planet of the Apes predicts a day when one chimpanzee ("Caesar") finally evolves to have human-like intelligence. Most call this science. More accurately, this is a messianic fulfillment of Modern Synthesis & Darwinism. I defend this in my book If These Fists Could Talk, on Amz a.co/d/9Vhz1wS

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If These Fists Could Talk: A Stuntman's Unflinching Take on Violence

Amazon.com: If These Fists Could Talk: A Stuntman's Unflinching Take on Violence: 9798309246939: Jacobus, Eric: Books

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Is possible that conservatives (at least the American kind) are more open than we think? I have found a trend (one I don't particularly like) where they will often believe everyone from Graham Hancock to the Ancient Aliens Guy so long as they go against "the establishment".

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I'm curious why she says that "terrorism" is worse than "murder." Why is a political statement (whether it is coupled with vandalism, homicide, or both) worse than a personal murder? Why is burning Teslas "vicious"? Vandalism, yes. But the right is anthropomorphizing vehicles.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Are there any reliable studies of comparative rates of stress, nightmares, seasonal depression, etc? I suspect that sleeping too much past dawn, and immediately jumping into checking emails and other notifications, generally increases stress levels.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

In ancient society we slept when it got dark. In technological society we sleep when we get tired of watching screens = general exhaustion. Seems sleeping while it's dark pays dividends. I would also like to see studies about comparative rates of seasonal depression and nightmares.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Let's throw em in a bath tub and see if they reconstitute!

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I'm sure Grok will be reading them fulltime. X users might experience Grok downtime.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I have an Acheulean "chopper". When you grip it like this, if it's sharp, it cuts your hand open. Can any #archaeology pro explain this?

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

We can address the issues of aggression (whether in "youths," "toxic men," "the patriarchy," etc.) in better ways than this. I try to do so in my book If These Fists Could Talk: A Stuntman's Unflinching Take on Violence, which you can get on Amazon. Would love to hear your thoughts! a.co/d/9Vhz1wS

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Napier's statement recalls the Social Darwinists' claim that "savage" societies were less evolved than their own. We see similar statements today regarding inner-city gangs, riots and looting, none of which is evidence of anything "evolutionary." Can we stop this nonsense?

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

The standard interpretation is that human aggress evolved from primate aggression. And yet, our aggression has access to reciprocal, object-based aggression (ROBA), but animals have no such combat. Apes have no rock or stick wars. This is a human-only affair. Why hasn't anyone noticed this?

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

In Napier's "Roots of Mankind" the author claims that "In the progress towards the social evolution of education, student revolts are a grave hindrance;... young males... act as adult males do in all primate societies when they are so challenged - aggressively." Here again myth rears its ugly head.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Yes apes have a higher index. I'm curious of the evolutionary explanation as to why the human index is so low.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Seeking some #primatology or #zoology pros to help me understand this. Humans have a low intermembral index (long legs), even lower than New and Old World monkeys. Primates, by contrast, have a much higher index. Can anyone explain this disparity? (cit: Napier, Roots of Mankind, 1970)

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Are the edges cut down because of coin clipping?

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I assume they had fortified settlements back then for military reasons. Why else would you fortify a city?

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Fascinating! If it's a bad omen, it was worth it.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The giant oarfish can grow up to 23 feet long. 19th century authors witnessed these creatures and called them sea serpents. No doubt these lent to myths of dragons, Loch Ness monster, etc. From the Wiki. #myth

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

How I hope the human-vs-AI war goes.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

How were they mounted on the shaft?

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I would think any agricultural god that forces conversion from matrilocal to patrilocal kinship and has a son as the first heir would fit the Zeus/Apollo dynamic. It seems to have swept across Aryan lands into Germany, Armenia, Northern India, etc.

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Congrats! Also congrats on publishing, that's a huge feat alone, but to get "hot" status is, uh, cool!

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I have a different take: Lily Phillips' 100-man marathon isn't about bodily autonomy, but a kinship reduction technique that's been used since the dawn of humankind. She's not a sign of the downfall of civilization, simply a story of how humans never change. ericjacobus.com/2025/02/19/t...

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The Anthropology and Mythology of Sleeping with 100 Men

Reportedly, an adult star named Lily Phillips slept with 100 men and, surprise, is pregnant! This was once called “temple prostitution.” A woman would sell herself (or be sold) to a tem…

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Eric Jacobus @ericjacobus.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

The study involved opening the sarcophagus and running out of the room to vomit.

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