Ella Al-Shamahi
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And so technically it's an incorrect thing, but because it's there, it then becomes complicated.
But now if I was to, oh my God, this is complicated, but if I was to write Neanderthal with just a T and not a TH, that would be incorrect.
But pronunciation is a bit more ambiguous.
So I would argue that we should probably do TH because we made a mistake and we should live with it.
And the rules of a priori are such that you have to stick with it.
Other people very respectably point out that it's pronunciation, it's not written, and it was a mistake.
Maybe grow up and just go with the actual German pronunciation.
The truth is, it does not matter.
It's really fun to annoy people.
Stick with Tal, because honestly, it does not matter.
You're talking the males were, I mean, it's debated, but maybe five foot five on average.
But you've got to remember, Homo sapiens would have been more slender, especially back then, and taller.
So there was that kind of difference.
Also, in terms of the head itself, it was once described to me, and I really love this description.
It's like you've got a Homo sapiens skull, and then you just put it on one of those grid systems in a computer.
You know those grid systems where you can manipulate?