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(Good News For Democrats) Scientists: Hard heads a key to survival
CNN ^
| Friday, February 13, 2004
Posted on 02/13/2004 12:54:46 PM PST by presidio9
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:54 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Get it through your once-thick skull. Scientists say the bulky craniums of the human ancestor, homo erectus, may have helped the species survive some aggressive mating rituals.
After studying fossils in a region called Dragon Bone Hill in China, anthropologist Russell Ciochon of the University of Iowa concluded males of the species were clubbing one another over the head, probably to win females.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: anthropology; archaeology; evolution; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; hominids
This re-creation of homo erectus shows the thickness of the brow ridge and the slope of the skull.
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:54:47 PM PST
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
"anthropologist Russell Ciochon of the University of Iowa concluded males of the species were clubbing one another over the head, probably to win females."
Yeah? Around here its called high school football.
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:56:04 PM PST
by
KantianBurke
(Principles, not blind loyalty)
To: KantianBurke
Beat me to it. ;)
To: presidio9
So why didn't modern humans inherit this thick skull? Some of us did, like my family.
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:57:33 PM PST
by
pax_et_bonum
(Always finish what you st)
To: presidio9
Creepy.
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:59:23 PM PST
by
adam_az
(Be vewy vewy qwiet, I'm hunting weftists.)
To: KantianBurke
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posted on
02/13/2004 12:59:41 PM PST
by
presidio9
(#18 has a pretty strong co-pilot at Daytona this year...)
To: <1/1,000,000th%
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posted on
02/13/2004 1:00:57 PM PST
by
KantianBurke
(Principles, not blind loyalty)
To: presidio9
>> Get it through your once-thick skull. Scientists say the bulky craniums of the human ancestor, homo erectus, may have helped the species survive some aggressive mating rituals.
After studying fossils in a region called Dragon Bone Hill in China, anthropologist Russell Ciochon of the University of Iowa concluded males of the species were clubbing one another over the head, probably to win females.
Those with thicker skulls who survived these bloody confrontations would pass that trait to offspring, Ciochon said. <<
Yup, that's pretty much how things were in my high school. *sigh*
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posted on
02/13/2004 1:01:20 PM PST
by
dangus
To: presidio9
They experimented with human cadavers to establish how much force it would take to break bones. Hm. Betcha those were some grotesque experiments to watch.
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posted on
02/13/2004 1:05:37 PM PST
by
prion
To: prion
Ad in university newspaper:
Wanted: Person of good upper body strength to bash corpses in the head until the brains splatter on the walls. Squeamish need not apply.
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posted on
02/13/2004 1:11:32 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: presidio9
I love anthropology- It's the only "science" where you can make up things and no one can prove you wrong. As long as it makes some sense, you've got a journal publication. Let's be intellectually honest, this is creative writing at best.
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posted on
02/13/2004 1:26:29 PM PST
by
Rockitz
(After all these years, it's still rocket science.)
To: presidio9
Pain is temporary, chicks dig scars and glory is eternal.
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posted on
02/13/2004 1:26:58 PM PST
by
frithguild
("W" is the Black Ice President - underestimated until the left completely loses traction.)
To: presidio9
YEC INTREP - note words "re-creation" - read "supposition" - very little, if any, evidence to substantiate this contention
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