Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?

Liste des Groupes 
Sujet : Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?
De : naddy (at) *nospam* mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.written
Date : 07. May 2024, 22:46:57
Autres entêtes
Message-ID : <slrnv3l8ah.sbt.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>
References : 1
User-Agent : slrn/1.0.3 (FreeBSD)
On 2024-05-07, Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:

This story was written in 1939 and is set in 1956. It’s about an
immortal Neanderthal - basically he stopped aging around the age of 33.
He most definitely looks the part,

So with modern clothing and grooming he'll blend right in.
I'm sorry, were you under the impression--as a writer in 1939 might
have been--that a Neanderthal would noticeably stand out?

and he’s intelligent, articulate,
knowledgable, knows dozens of languages, etc etc etc,

That we don't know.  The language ability of Neanderthals has
attracted plenty of attention, but the anatomical details mostly
hinge on soft tissue that doesn't fossilize, never mind that we
don't know their cognitive abilities.  I guess the recent trend is
to _assume_ by default that they were very much like H. sapiens,
but we don't know.

And this made me wonder:
Given his obvious physical differences,

Bzzt.  _If_ he can articulate and cognitively handle H. sapiens
languages, he'll pass.

and with modern technology and
communication being what it is, are there ways he could he stay a member
of modern society and also avoid attention?

Maintaining fake identities is becoming ever more difficult, I
think.


ObFiction:

* One of the early _Anita Blake_ novels has a vampire so old that
  he pre-dates Homo sapiens.

* I was amused by that _CSI_ episode where the team was baffled
  by a dead body found in the desert.  No head, hands or feet, and
  skinned.  Eww.  Something just felt off, so Grissom called in an
  old flame^W^Wexpert anthropologist, who pointed out that they
  were looking at a gorilla.

--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de

Date Sujet#  Auteur
7 May 24 * Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?52Tony Nance
7 May 24 +* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?20Christian Weisgerber
8 May 24 i+* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?4Titus G
8 May 24 ii+- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Michael F. Stemper
8 May 24 ii`* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?2Christian Weisgerber
8 May 24 ii `- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Cryptoengineer
8 May 24 i+* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?3ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
9 May 24 ii`* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?2Michael F. Stemper
10 May 24 ii `- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Tony Nance
8 May 24 i+* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?10D
8 May 24 ii+* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?2Chris Buckley
8 May 24 iii`- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1D
8 May 24 ii+* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?2Lynn McGuire
9 May 24 iii`- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1D
10 May 24 ii`* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?5Tony Nance
10 May 24 ii +* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?2D
10 May 24 ii i`- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Michael F. Stemper
27 May 24 ii `* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?2Robert Carnegie
27 May 24 ii  `- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
9 May 24 i+- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Paul S Person
10 May 24 i`- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Tony Nance
8 May 24 +* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?2Charles Packer
10 May 24 i`- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Tony Nance
8 May 24 +* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?17Mickmane
8 May 24 i`* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?16Michael F. Stemper
8 May 24 i +* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?5Lynn McGuire
9 May 24 i i`* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?4Michael F. Stemper
10 May 24 i i +- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Tony Nance
10 May 24 i i `* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?2Scott Dorsey
10 May 24 i i  `- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1BCFD 36
9 May 24 i `* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?10Mickmane
9 May 24 i  `* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?9Cryptoengineer
10 May 24 i   +* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?3Mike Spencer
10 May 24 i   i+- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Robert Woodward
27 May 24 i   i`- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Robert Carnegie
10 May 24 i   +- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Robert Woodward
10 May 24 i   +- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Mickmane
10 May 24 i   `* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?3Paul S Person
10 May 24 i    `* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?2Christian Weisgerber
11 May 24 i     `- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Paul S Person
8 May 24 +* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?3James Nicoll
8 May 24 i+- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1James Nicoll
8 May 24 i`- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Robert Woodward
8 May 24 +* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?5Cryptoengineer
9 May 24 i+- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Michael F. Stemper
10 May 24 i`* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?3Tony Nance
10 May 24 i `* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?2ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
10 May 24 i  `- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Tony Nance
9 May 24 `* Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?4BCFD 36
9 May 24  +- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Dimensional Traveler
9 May 24  +- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1Titus G
9 May 24  `- Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?1James Nicoll

Haut de la page

Les messages affichés proviennent d'usenet.

NewsPortal