A knockdown prophecy

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Modernity is defined in two basic ways.  Anatomic modernity is when the bones of some (pre)historic population are  identical (or very closely identical) to the bones of contemporary populations.  Behavioral or cultural modernity is when we find recognizable artifacts of contemporary human behaviors and beliefs.  Full modernity, thusly, is when the remains and the artifacts are recognizable as and to a contemporary human population.  

The former we sometimes call early modern, because the difference between us appears to have been more in their behaviors than their anatomy.  We hit that 300k to 200k ago - maybe more, maybe less.  The latter parcel of traits or attributes doesn't show up until about 40-50k years go.  

There was never a singular first anotomic or behaviorally or fully modern man.  You can give that literally impossible non-entity any name you want, adam or steve, won't change a thing .  This was a vast trend of co-concurrent biological and technological development in populations separated by both time and distance with multiple instances of independent construction, as in the case of bows.

....and suddenly a modern human became a literally impossible non-entity........

This bit about atheists not acknowledging the simple, logical fact that a first modern human existed, will always make me laugh uncontrollably.