(October 4, 2015 at 11:29 am)Minimalist Wrote: Diamond is sticking to the Clovis-First model of populating the America's which has been largely discredited by recent finds.
Worse, he fails to account for the Dmanisi fossils which date back almost 2 million years and were homo erectus.
http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/an...01474.html
Quote:Dmanisi Human: Skull from Georgia Implies All Early Homo Species were One
Quote:Traditionally, researchers have used variation among Homo fossils to define different species. But in light of these new findings, Dr Lordkipanidze and his colleagues suggest that early, diverse Homo fossils, with their origins in Africa, actually represent variation among members of a single, evolving lineage – most appropriately, Homo erectus.
Thanks for the info.
And the newspaper by the way!