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Homo Sapiens Gives Modern-Day Man The Finger.
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Quote:Finger bone points to early human exodus.

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'New research suggests that modern humans were living in Saudi Arabia about 85,000 years ago.
A recently discovered finger bone believed to be Homo sapiens was dated using radio isotope techniques.

This adds to mounting evidence from Israel, China and Australia, of a widespread dispersal beyond Africa
as early as 180,000 years ago.

Previously, it was theorised that Homo sapiens did not live continuously outside Africa until 60,000 years ago.
The study is published in Nature Ecology and Evolution.

A trace of evidence
Researchers working at the Al Wusta site in Saudi Arabia came across a single intermediate phalanx (the
middle of the three bones that make up a finger) in a preserved lake bed.
No other remains of its owner were found.

"It's normal," explained Dr Huw Groucutt, the study's lead author. "Almost all humans and animals that ever
lived will disappear without trace. "We got very lucky. Generally if you found one piece of an individual you
wouldn't be able to tell. But it turns out that bone is quite distinct," the University of Oxford researcher added.

The team used CT scanning to build a 3D model of the bone, and compared it to other human and
Neanderthal remains from this time period.

It was found to most closely resemble Homo sapiens, as Neanderthal bones are shorter and squatter.
Other material from the site was dated using two separate dating techniques.

A matter of climate
The climate in Saudi Arabia 85,000 years ago was very different to the modern day.
Monsoon rains created lush lakes, inhabited by animals much like hippos. Wild cattle and antelope also
appear to have migrated from Africa at this time.

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The fossil record at Al Wusta shows a rich variety of animal life, alongside stone tools that closely
resemble those used by Homo sapiens. Dr Groucutt believes humans may have chosen to move
in to this inviting environment.

"The interesting thing," he told BBC News, "is that in the past some people have said we couldn't really
spread into Asia until we had complex tools. [Our findings] suggest that that kind of migration didn't
really reflect a technological breakthrough, but reflects climate change."

Recent work in South Africa also points to the influence of changing climate on human evolution.
Although it is hard to determine from the Saudi Arabian site, human occupation of the area seems to
have been short-lived; restricted to a few hundred or a couple of thousand years.

It is not known whether the population died out or simply chose to move on.
"The great mystery now is what happened to these people," added Dr Groucutt.

Genetic evidence suggests all living non-Africans trace their ancestry to an exodus from the continent
around 60,000 years ago. Researchers are now trying to reconcile this DNA data with the mounting
archaeological evidence that Homo sapiens was present outside Africa much earlier.

One possibility is that these pioneer populations went extinct, to be replaced by a later wave that led
to the rest of the world being permanently settled by our species...'
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(04-09-2018, 05:13 PM)BIAD Wrote:
Quote:One possibility is that these pioneer populations went extinct, to be replaced by a later wave that led
to the rest of the world being permanently settled by our species...'

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Another possibility is that current DNA science is as much politically motivated junk science as many other "sciences", such as the current politicized climatology, and that they are bending the science to conform to the conclusions they want to present rather than drawing conclusions from the science, wherever those conclusions may lead, as science is supposed to be done.

I have long been of the opinion that Homo Sapiens originally developed outside Africa, probably in either India, Iran, or The Caucasus Mountains, and that Africans represent a branch that migrated INTO Africa rather than out of Africa. It seems to me that is where the evidence points, not the other way 'round.
Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.

Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’




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