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Faces Of Our Ancestors
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Faces Of Our Ancestors
February 2, 2013 at 5:08 pm
http://news.discovery.com/human/evolutio...-faces.htm

Quote:To put a human face on our ancestors, scientists from the Senckenberg Research Institute used sophisticated methods to form 27 model heads based on tiny bone fragments, teeth and skulls collected from across the globe. The heads are on display for the first time together at the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany.
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RE: Faces Of Our Ancestors
February 2, 2013 at 6:42 pm
The thing about these ancestors is that they're the ugliest sons of bitches you ever did see. Is a good thing we evolved better lookingness.
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RE: Faces Of Our Ancestors
February 2, 2013 at 7:44 pm (This post was last modified: February 2, 2013 at 7:45 pm by Tea Earl Grey Hot.)
The comments on that link... Facepalm
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RE: Faces Of Our Ancestors
February 3, 2013 at 5:57 am
(February 2, 2013 at 6:42 pm)Zone Wrote: The thing about these ancestors is that they're the ugliest sons of bitches you ever did see. Is a good thing we evolved better lookingness.

Luckily for us our ancestors found the opposite sex of their species attractive. Big Grin
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RE: Faces Of Our Ancestors
February 3, 2013 at 6:02 am (This post was last modified: February 3, 2013 at 6:05 am by Zone.)
(February 3, 2013 at 5:57 am)Confused Ape Wrote: Luckily for us our ancestors found the opposite sex of their species attractive. Big Grin

How do we know they did? It could just be that was the best they were going get. And if that was the standard of attractiveness then surely we would be stuck with mugs like that now? There would no need to improve on the features of the face.
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RE: Faces Of Our Ancestors
February 3, 2013 at 6:40 am
(February 3, 2013 at 6:02 am)Zone Wrote: How do we know they did? It could just be that was the best they were going get. And if that was the standard of attractiveness then surely we would be stuck with mugs like that now? There would no need to improve on the features of the face.

Beauty is supposed to be in the eye of the beholder. If our ancestors could time travel and saw us they might think we're hideous. Big Grin
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RE: Faces Of Our Ancestors
February 3, 2013 at 9:19 am
(February 3, 2013 at 6:40 am)Confused Ape Wrote: Beauty is supposed to be in the eye of the beholder. If our ancestors could time travel and saw us they might think we're hideous. Big Grin

Then why did they evolve to become better lookin if they thought they were already good lookin enough for their own tastes?
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RE: Faces Of Our Ancestors
February 3, 2013 at 9:53 am (This post was last modified: February 3, 2013 at 9:54 am by Confused Ape.)
(February 3, 2013 at 9:19 am)Zone Wrote: Then why did they evolve to become better lookin if they thought they were already good lookin enough for their own tastes?

Our appearance is just a by-product of our selfish genes building more efficient survival machines. As it happened over millions of years our ancestors didn't notice there was anything going on. Just as well, too, otherwise there would have been a generation of hominid mothers going "EEEK!!!!!! My baby doesn't have any fur." Big Grin
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RE: Faces Of Our Ancestors
February 3, 2013 at 12:29 pm (This post was last modified: February 3, 2013 at 12:31 pm by Zone.)
You don't know about sexual selection then?

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The ape men with the slightly less ugly face would have had a slightly greater chance of attracting a mate.
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RE: Faces Of Our Ancestors
February 3, 2013 at 12:51 pm
I think I worked for that second guy.

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