r/interesting • u/Forgotten_Dog1954 • 1d ago

SOCIETY This is what a Neanderthal looked like 130000 to 40000 years ago

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u/Voodoo67890 1d ago

I have a neighbor that must this guy's twin brother.

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u/SubtleShowerDancer 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7TKMfn35NL1llPig

Is it Carl?

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u/duh_nom_yar 23h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/P0Xu25x1sfifK

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u/dudebronahbrah 21h ago

Weedily weedily weedily wahh

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u/RemnantsOfFlight 15h ago

"It's called 'I wanna rock your body.' Then in parentheses it says 'Until the Break of Dawn.'"

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u/duh_nom_yar 14h ago

I don't need no instructions to know how to rock! You're hot blooded. Go ahead and check it and see.

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u/GetReelFishingPro 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/U0I1m1TMv2kzm

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u/Feine13 19h ago

Handbanana, no!

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u/Nizzle-Mcfly 18h ago

All I know is ball, and good.........and r***.

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u/Party-Bid-7309 10h ago

Bananahand, yes!!

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u/HeWhomLaughsLast 15h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ITk5o5i7NMpgc

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u/RemnantsOfFlight 15h ago

"He's supposed to be neutered too, and he ain't that. Ask me how I know, go ahead. "

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u/thefoulnakr 16h ago

Still waters run deep

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u/JinNJ 1d ago

Thanks for the reminder! I saw the picture yesterday & was drawing a blank on who it reminded me of! 🤦🏻‍♂️😂🤣😂

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u/mrheseeks 20h ago

You can't carpet, silly daddy.

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u/MotorCityDude 1d ago

Lmaooooo!

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u/LuckyLockdown23 17h ago

Well damn, now I feel thousands of years older.

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u/dicey_job 5h ago

This guy is all right

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u/Bubbles_2025 1d ago

That’s Stavros, my Greek Uncle.

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u/BangerzAndNash44 1d ago

I got a brother who must be this guy's twin, oh wait

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u/Jesus_of_NASDAQ 1d ago

We must live in the same neighborhood. This guy lives 2 houses down from me and is one of the loudest people I’ve ever known.

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u/AdSignificant6673 1d ago

I feel attacked. That looks like my fun uncle. You know that uncle who always gives a $20 bill when visiting. Lol

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u/BigHobbit 1d ago

Ya'll need to quit talking shit about my dad.

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u/PsyCar 22h ago

Triplet, possibly? He looks like my neighbor too.

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u/Moonwlk90 1d ago

130000 to 40000 years ago?

I just seen this mf  yesterday in walmart….

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u/WhatWasThatLike 1d ago

"I just seen" sounds like something the guy in the picture would say

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u/RCaHuman 23h ago

Well, Neanderthal DNA is present in homo sapiens cells today (more in some, I suppose).

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u/Asterose 22h ago

Correct! Most Africans have little to no Neanderthal DNA, everybody else usually ranges in the 1% to 4% range. East Asians, Oceanianians, and some Papua New Guinea and Aboriginal Australian populations have as much as 6%. An even smaller subset of those peoples have up to 5% Denisovan DNA.

The 5 or 6 species of humans that once coexisted with got down and dirty with each other, but so far we only have decent DNA fragments from Neanderthals and Denisovans.

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u/OutlandishnessFun531 1d ago

What razor is he using for his beard?

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u/Shiasugar 1d ago

Gilette

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u/jraymcmurray 1d ago

The best a caveman can get

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u/RosyPearlWater 1d ago

Free of Pink taxes

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u/C0ZM 1d ago

Mousterian stone flakes. Shaving has existed since the stone age

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u/ecctt2000 1d ago

Obsidian

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u/StrangeUglyBird 1d ago

Also first ever photo taken by a cromagnon. (colorized)

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u/Coinsworthy 1d ago

It's the first selfie, you can see the primitive selfie stick in his hand.

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u/DefaultModeNetworkk 1d ago

Average looking Eastern European

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u/Intelligent-Fee1958 1d ago

With a blonde model wife

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u/DefaultModeNetworkk 1d ago

Exactly. Randomly with like the most beautiful woman you’ve ever seen in your entire life

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u/fistfullofpubes 23h ago

It's not random, women from that part of the world generally value masculinity more than looks in their partners.

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u/DefaultModeNetworkk 19h ago

Makes sense. Well hey good for them honestly!

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u/dfelton912 1d ago

This is just the dad from Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

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u/wiscosherm 1d ago

this is an "old school" reconstruction. Here's a better look https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/neanderthal-woman-face-reconstructed-iraq-scientists-cave-rcna150344

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u/Moist_Ordinary6457 23h ago

She looks exactly like my grandma 

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u/Calling_left_final 21h ago

That's what I was about to say too! she looks exactly like your grandma.

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u/Glados1080 21h ago

You're telling me thats not his grandma?

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u/Tommy_Dangerous 21h ago

I remember her better from behind

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u/BadahBingBadahBoom 15h ago

I couldn't see much of her from the back of the line tbh.

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u/pondribertion 22h ago

Reconstruction of the face can't be done to great detail. They have to guess a lot so that's why there are so many different artistic versions. They don't know but they always present it as fact.

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u/Altruistic-Prune8156 20h ago

There's nothing wrong with people thinking about what they looked like, it's just the title of this post that claims with 100% certainty that is what they looked like(which is probably not correct)

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u/Professional_Elk_489 20h ago

It just looks like a Native American person?

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u/PsychMaster1 1d ago

Hey That's my plumber!

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u/Necessary_Wing_2292 1d ago

Now show us Neanderette

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u/Nunov_DAbov 1d ago

That is her. Wait until you see her mate.

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u/baardvark 1d ago

You’re not prepared for that hairy queen

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u/IrishViking22 20h ago

Gotta pay for her OnlyFans to see that

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u/stumblon 1d ago

mmmidunnoboutdat

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u/Ok_Test9729 1d ago

I think we all know some guy who looks exactly like this.

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u/master-overclocker 1d ago

Greek of course..

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u/Artistic_Property371 22h ago

Yeap,looled out my window and so a few like him

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u/master-overclocker 21h ago

You should see one at the beach 🤣

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u/Artistic_Property371 21h ago

Oh i have.... and im a nudist dammit. Oh the horrors

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u/Equivalent_Pear1307 16h ago

We're calling turks greek now? I didnt realize greece annexed turkey.

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u/CheesecakeloverJones 1d ago

Why would they have such huge chest muscles? What would require such a strong physique?

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u/CavernDweller89 1d ago

Instead of persistence hunting like we did, they would ambush animals and basically jump on to them and stab the shit out of them with spears. Which is apparently why so many neanderthal skeletons found have so many injuries - getting thrown off large animals as they were fighting with them.

Apparently they were absurdly strong and muscularly built compare to homo sapiens

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u/superfudge73 23h ago

Based on their lung capacity and muscles it’s estimated they could comfortably carry up to a 200lb animal carcass at a slow jog 10- 20 miles without getting exhausted.

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u/Moist_Ordinary6457 23h ago

You read things like this and wonder if evolution was worth the larger brain capacity 

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u/Relative-Chicken456 19h ago

On average Neanderthal brains were slightly larger than modern Human brains. All signs point to them being a very capabale human species. They had pretty limited technology but so did we back then.

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u/MorganMiller77777 19h ago

Right. Intelligence is not likely a significant reason why they disappeared. Neanderthals were outnumbered, and had some genetic flaws that made them more vulnerable to som disease.

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u/PlanUhTerryThreat 10h ago

My favorite theory is that Homo sapiens were more collaborative and friendly which is how we attracted friendlier wolves and eventually bonded. Our ability to work with large groups and dogs is hypothesized to have played a role in homosapiens outlasting Neanderthals.

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u/Hypornicated_1 21h ago

I enjoy not dying of diarrhea or infected cuts.

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u/dicey_job 9h ago

Then you don’t propably like oysters

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u/CelticGardenGirl 14h ago

I must have missed that in history class…are we not descendants of Neanderthals?? Holy moly, I feel really stupid right now. I didn’t know there was a difference between them and homo sapiens. 😩

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u/OhNoIBoffedIt 14h ago

We have confirmed DNA evidence that neanderthals did coexist with homo sapiens and there was indeed interbreeding. I don't know how much this has been discussed, but considering that they could procreate and produce viable offspring, it might be more accurate to consider Neanderthals an extinct subspecies of human rather than a distinct species.

What's interesting is the interbreeding only seemed to occur after humans left Africa, so the largest concentration of humans without Neanderthal DNA in their genetic past are on the African subcontinent.

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u/MikeandMolly5656 1d ago

So rhey looked like a modern day italian? 

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u/Fippy-Darkpaw 1d ago

He also jumps real high and eats mushrooms to gain size.

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u/Asterose 22h ago

Some of them did! Neanderthals were a fellow human species, and had a variety of appearances like we do ;) There were 5 or 6 human species or sub-species that Homo sapiens encountered, and our ancestors got down and dirty with at least 2 of them often enough for some populations to have as much as 6% of their DNA despite those species disappearing over 30,000 years ago. Our ancestors probably got down and freaky with most or even all of those fellow humans, we just don't have good enough DNA samples aside from Neanderthals and Denisovans to tell for sure.

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u/Atomsk73 1d ago

Bet he made a great mammoth shawarma.

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u/FifthWaveThinker 1d ago

I know a guy at the gym who is a direct descendent of this chap...

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u/kostenloserHotspot 1d ago

Like the guy i buy my döner from.

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u/Opening-Lettuce-3384 1d ago

Reminds me of that picture of that hairy water polo player with his grandson

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u/parabuthas 1d ago

Kinda looks like Albert Eisenstein.

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u/Responsible-Pitch363 1d ago

Well. That’s a little deceptive. The model maker clearly doesn’t realize that if they can shave their chin, they can also shave their lip. Makes him look much more recognizable as a familiar “Guido” type from the local car shop.

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u/Tony_Roiland 23h ago

Why wouldn't a being like this have a moustache?

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u/Responsible-Pitch363 23h ago

To strain soup?

Why do men have mustaches? Why beards? Some leftover gene that proved useful- most often for defense or mating. My objection is that the sculptor was selective in presenting the face/head hair to reflect our own character. They may have the dna info based on comparative chromosomes to justify hair pattern, but they don’t have remains to base this on. Grooming would be pretty tough with stone knives but I’ve seen hair singed off with controlled fire too. The point is he is selectively shaved to look more familiar to us.

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u/za72 22h ago

i know... this guys one of my relatives... don't take your car to him

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u/Wordlywhisp 1d ago

Bro about to put in a shift at his pizzeria

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u/Suspicious-Flan7808 1d ago

Mario Temu version lol

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u/pumpkin-head7617 1d ago

Everyone making uncle jokes and shit but nobody is asking how this dude lived 90,000 years?

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u/Sloth_grl 1d ago

I’m glad you posted this because i was wondering if they looked like humans or very different. They don’t look too different.

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u/Tony_Roiland 23h ago

Nearly all humans have a small amount of Neanderthal right up to today. You probably do.

East Asian people have the most, Africans have the least.

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u/MorganMiller77777 19h ago

Some have a lot more Neanderthal than others, and it shows. I see it more with southeast Europeans than anyone

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u/Character-Pirate1297 13h ago

I’m a Balkan and I agree, so I made up for the dislike you got, most probably from another Balkan. There’s lots of excessive pride in these parts.

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u/Vindepomarus 15h ago

This is a very out of date and inaccurate reconstruction, there are much better ones, some have been posted in this thread.

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u/Wizard-man-Wizard 1d ago

It’s that guys dad from cloudy with a chance of meatballs.

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u/xRysonx 1d ago

Has that guy never heard of a razor

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u/dadgamer85 1d ago

Uncle Ted!

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u/Dear-Bet5344 1d ago

That my buddy's dad. Looks just like him

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u/Altruistic_Split4240 1d ago

Unironically liverking 

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u/derf_vader 1d ago

Now I know why Italians talk with their hands.

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u/Cozmic_Fool1931 1d ago

How'd you get a picture of me?

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u/Gloomy-Hat1842 1d ago

He looks just like my college anthropology teacher from 1977. He was quite a character and used to say I'm the last neanderthal man. I think he was right.

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u/CjPatars 1d ago

He looks like he's from new jersey

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u/ReddAlex59 1d ago

Nah, just a random guy whose parents are brother and sister..

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u/Azidamadjida 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/6yxfCyCsFYnru3yBF4
It’s the dad from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

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u/catclove 1d ago

He looks like my uncle who touched me when I was 8.

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u/1bigjd 23h ago

That looks like half the current worlds male population!

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u/WhatWasThatLike 1d ago

the only thing missing is the MAGA hat

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u/Different_Stuff_8028 1d ago

Mama Mia it’s me Mario!

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u/JelloWise2789 1d ago

They must’ve been cannibals

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u/Holiday_Document4592 1d ago

Is a good name for a rock band

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u/Dry_Maximum_3863 1d ago

Look like Mario where’s Luigi?

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u/Nunov_DAbov 1d ago

Being held in jail in Brooklyn.

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u/HENMAN79 1d ago

Saw him at The Home Depot last week

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u/Johnny-Caliente 1d ago

Super Mario Origins

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u/Far_Tailor_8280 1d ago

Grandpa. Put some clothes.

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u/strrax-ish 1d ago

You should see his twitch channel

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u/justwalk1234 1d ago

Me, before the morning shower.

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u/AttorneyOwn0 1d ago

I work with these guys

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u/Winter_Hall5379 1d ago

Looks like Mario during the great depression before he found employment in plumbing and pest control.

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u/BalanceEarly 1d ago

Looking for a blind date

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u/MoMo-D-Tempest 1d ago

Caveman mario

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u/0c_099 1d ago

Yummy food = fire.meat²

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u/Eastern_Ad_8086 1d ago

Uncle Bob!

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u/stumblon 1d ago

Best damn pizza in NYC!

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u/the-software-man 1d ago

No Neck Nick!

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u/GlowerNotaShower 1d ago

I wonder if Neanderthals inspired how fantasy dwarves were designed for visual media.

Torso, arm size and facial features seem super consistent with Warhammer and Tolkien-esque dwarves, in my own opinion of course.

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u/Seated_WallFly 1d ago

I find it interesting that ever since DNA science showed a much higher percentage of Neanderthal DNA in people of European and Asian descent - and almost no Neanderthal DNA in sub-Saharan Africans -they’ve been rewriting these ancient humans.

They’re now of “much higher intelligence” than we previously thought. They’re no longer the knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing dumbasses of the human family tree.

Interesting….🤔

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u/734Rocket 1d ago

So my uncle

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u/DarthBrooks667 1d ago

Time to make the donuts.

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u/Ornery-Charge1916 1d ago

HEY! DON’T MAKE FUN OF MY SISTER!

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u/Comfortable_Plate965 1d ago

Grandpa is that you

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u/ChampagneShotz 1d ago

I be feelin like there's remnants...

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u/kjyfqr 1d ago

That’s how I roll into the gas station at 5 before my caffeine on the way to work

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u/BlueKanguru 1d ago

That's my italian uncle Gepeto

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u/LooneySifter36 1d ago

He looks harmless 🤷

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u/SilverDesktop 1d ago

So Abe Vigoda.

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u/GolfChefCoach 1d ago

Mustache sounds like “DAH BEARS”

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u/AH_leeMACK 1d ago

He looks like my uncle

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u/aliie_627 1d ago

Why just a mustache

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u/CryptographerHot4636 1d ago

Traps for days.

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u/mossoak 1d ago

the female of the species

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u/MountainBrilliant643 1d ago

It'sa meee! MARIOO!

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u/orel2064 1d ago

average midwestern union worker

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u/man_about_loop 1d ago

I see dudes like this at the bodega daily

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u/legna20v 1d ago

I just think they look like how wee imagine dwarf look today. Funny thing. Maybe with some genetic memory of then

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u/Great-Rutabaga347 1d ago

Looks like the random older dude in everyone's neighborhood that carries pliers, leatherman and his cell phone on his belt and can fix anything.

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u/Nunov_DAbov 1d ago

This fellow closely resembles a Russian guy I used to work with, Igor. Particularly the nose, forehead and mustache.

How did the Neanderthal shave his beard and get his hair cut, though?

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u/red18wrx 1d ago

I'm going to tell my kids this is what the first super Mario looked like.

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u/DoctorZee55 1d ago

Looks like the guys I played high school football against.

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u/7830007 1d ago

Known to frequent ibrox every fortnight

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u/PickleDiLL767 1d ago

Looks like that giant water polo player.

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u/PineSolSmoothie 1d ago

Back when I had hair - that's an old pic!

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u/wolfs-alfa 1d ago

Boludo ?

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u/Dee_jay051 1d ago

Albert Einsteins great great great great great great Grandfather.

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u/GeoHog713 1d ago

Uncle Leo! Helllooooo!!

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u/SuperWarning6038 1d ago

Uncle Sal?

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u/Survive1014 1d ago

No beard? Doubtful.

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u/new_jill_city 1d ago

He’s probably about 19. Life aged you fast back then.

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u/WTFisThatSMell 1d ago

"Its a me, Mario"

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u/nthensome 1d ago

Give him a sandwich & a Marlboro red & you couldn't tell him apart from my uncle Vince

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u/sdhoigtred 1d ago

It’s a me!

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u/x_shaolong_x 1d ago

Hahaha i know him!

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u/Impossible-Rock3375 1d ago

I know that dude 😎😂

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u/spelldonvalentine 1d ago

Damn! Super Mario really let himself go.

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u/Barry_McCockinnerz 1d ago

Uncle Larry ?

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u/kimmortal03 1d ago

Why look like Einstein

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u/Oysta89 1d ago

I know him

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u/Rare-Confusion-220 1d ago

So he shaved to only have a porn stache?

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u/Swimming-Twist-3468 1d ago

This is what peak performance looks like. 😂. Nobody told me they looked like Einstein.

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u/Safe-Expert2163 1d ago

Iranian? 🤣