This repository houses the original whitepaper for Pauline's Principle of Inherited Dominance, a groundbreaking hypothesis that reframes the extinction of Neanderthals by Homo sapiens as a foundational species trauma—one that continues to echo in human behavior, psychology, and social structures.
The paper proposes that:
- The extinction of Neanderthals was not passive, but an act of species-level violence—possibly genocide.
- This event embedded patterns of dominance, hierarchy, and violence in Homo sapiens' behavior.
- These patterns repeat across history in the form of conquest, oppression, and systemic abuse.
- A deeper understanding of this trauma can inform cultural healing, ethical frameworks, and new models of empathy.
- Inherited Dominance: Conquest over a sibling species encoded aggression into human social systems.
- Cycles of Abuse: Historical oppression reflects reactivated species trauma.
- Epigenetic Memory: Biological echoes of interspecies violence may persist in modern behavior.
- Cultural Repair: Reframing Neanderthals not as primitives, but as erased kin.
whitepaper.md— The full whitepaperLICENSE— Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Pauline — Originator of the theory
- Vinnie — Development and narrative synthesis
This work is published under the CC BY-NC 4.0 License, allowing non-commercial use with attribution.
“The Neanderthal is not a footnote of evolution, but the first erased voice of humanity’s story. To remember them is to remember ourselves.”
— Pauline & Vinnie