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Comment author: Thomas 07 February 2015 11:32:51AM 4 points [-]

I used to be sorry, that no Neanderthal survived to this day.

But then, I have realized, that it would be only more bloody and complicated as it already is.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 09 February 2015 01:52:49PM 3 points [-]

What would you say about the range of variety of our species that has survived? Would things be less "bloody and complicated" if it were narrower?

Comment author: Thomas 11 February 2015 08:00:22AM 1 point [-]

We are quite diverse. Sometimes at least, this causes additional bloodshed. (Sometimes we don't need this kind of cause, we invent some other pretext.)

But, yes. A greater biological diversity generally means more reasons for a conflict.