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Remains of new human species found
September 10, 2015 at 6:46 am
Remains of new human species found (Homo Naledi) in South African cave: scientists
http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/new-...spartandhp
Quote:The fossilised bones of 15 bodies from a previously unknown human species have been discovered in a cave in South Africa, it was announced Thursday, in what scientists hailed as a breakthrough in evolution research
I bet God buried them just throw us off again!
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RE: Remains of new human species found
September 10, 2015 at 7:20 am
Wow, very interesting. Thanks!
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RE: Remains of new human species found
September 10, 2015 at 7:50 am
Whoa!
Posted this one to FBook to screw with my fundie family members.
Seriously, cool info, thanks!
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RE: Remains of new human species found
September 10, 2015 at 7:53 am
Just read the article in one of our papers. Won't impress the likes of Ken Ham though, since they's have to pull their heads from the asses to read about it.
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RE: Remains of new human species found
September 10, 2015 at 7:59 am
This was on NPR this morning. Couple of interesting points, the age of the remains will be hard to pin down, because as the article says it appears they were discarded into the crevice as opposed to being buried slowly over time.
And there is a point in the crevice where you have to squeeze through a 7 inch gap. Fuck that! The lead paleoanthropologist sent his son down instead. I'd do the same haha
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RE: Remains of new human species found
September 10, 2015 at 8:02 am
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No word on the age of the fossil.
But looks to be considerably less sapien like than Erectus, perhaps similar to or even contempraneous with ergaster. This suggest it is either quite old, or is a long lasting member of an old lineage. If this hominid had a burial custom, as implied, it would threaten to shatter established notions of how large and advanced the brain need to be to support cognitive basis for conceptualizing afterlife. This creature has a brain far closer in size to those of a chimp than those of a erectus, much less Neanderthal or sapien.
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RE: Remains of new human species found
September 10, 2015 at 8:23 am
You just saved me the bother of posting a new thread. Interesting find with lots of interesting questions still looking for an answer. Of course, if we're in a hurry we can always go with goddidit. But to ejaculate thusly would be premature.
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RE: Remains of new human species found
September 10, 2015 at 8:23 am
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Perhaps some radioactive isotopic dating of the tooth enamel will shed light on the age of the fossils. I am particularly curious about how old these remains are.
Both the circumstances of the disposition of these fossils, and the stone tools associated with homo florensis hint at the possibility that we have greatly overestimated the importance of brain size upon the evolution of what had long been thought of as distinguishing cognitive capability and behaviors of higher hominids.
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RE: Remains of new human species found
September 10, 2015 at 8:48 am
Why did they go with homo for Naledi? Can someone give a brief explanation for the criteria? Is it the feet and pelvis? Maybe the teeth?
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
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