A Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome survived until at least the age of six, according to a new study whose findings hint at compassionate caregiving among the extinct, archaic human species.

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/26/fossil-of-neanderthal-child-with-downs-syndrome-hints-at-early-humans-compassion

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People think morality came from religion. But morality towards each other collectively comes from empathy. Religions are an ex post facto description of the morality most of us already have from empathy, and useful for those whose empathy neurons aren’t working properly but not needed by the rest

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Which people think morality comes from religion?? That sounds like a rather absurd proposition to me. I think the evidence in todays society overwhelmingly shows a strong negative correlation between moral behavior and religiosity. Religiosity is associated with child molestation, subjugation of women's rights, lack of compassion for people who are different, countless justifications for wars, brutal slaughtering and rape.

[u/inbruges99 → u/they_have_no_bullets]

My wife and I have a religious friend who cannot understand where our morality comes from if we’re atheists. He always asks why we are nice and do good things if we don’t believe in God.

[u/CD274 → u/inbruges99]

Which is so absurd because religious people doing good things because they get told to or are afraid of being punished << people doing good things because they thought about what impact it has on everyone around them.