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Post by truth on Apr 4, 2010 9:43:07 GMT -5
 Homo habilis lived 2.0-1.6 million years ago and had a wide distribution in Africa Very telling photo!! Looks like one of the modern humans to me..... Just saying  Article |
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Post by anansi on Apr 4, 2010 9:56:10 GMT -5
Hmm..So they made the find on Thursday and have a mock-up reconstruction already? ...that can't be right??
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Post by truth on Apr 4, 2010 10:01:57 GMT -5
^You do know that there is this thing called "Priori-theory," right?
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Post by homeylu on Apr 4, 2010 10:53:16 GMT -5
This is a very premature Multi-theorist antic. They have been trying to prove humans evolved from other hominids for years, yet they have little evidence to support it.
The general consensus is that humans evolved as a separate entity in Africa 200,000 years ago, and there is no connection to modern humans and these 3 million year old homids which were practically extinct, for the most part.
If this is the case, then modern humans should still be able to interbreed with other species of the ape family, and biologically its impossible.
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Post by sundiata on Apr 5, 2010 2:16:37 GMT -5
Hmm..So they made the find on Thursday and have a mock-up reconstruction already? ...that can't be right?? Anansi, that's a reconstruction of Homo habilis while the article discusses homo habilis' unnamed predecessor (the so-called "missing link"). Homo habilis is simply depicted to provide some context. |
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Post by anansi on Apr 5, 2010 21:03:57 GMT -5
Hmm..So they made the find on Thursday and have a mock-up reconstruction already? ...that can't be right?? Anansi, that's a reconstruction of Homo habilis while the article discusses homo habilis' unnamed predecessor (the so-called "missing link"). Homo habilis is simply depicted to provide some context. Thanx I knew that reconstruction was way too soon. |
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Post by NeferKemet on Apr 17, 2010 19:51:44 GMT -5
I totally agree. This is a very premature Multi-theorist antic. They have been trying to prove humans evolved from other hominids for years, yet they have little evidence to support it. The general consensus is that humans evolved as a separate entity in Africa 200,000 years ago, and there is no connection to modern humans and these 3 million year old homids which were practically extinct, for the most part. If this is the case, then modern humans should still be able to interbreed with other species of the ape family, and biologically its impossible. |
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