Rewriting 'Out of Africa' theory [ 1.83 million years ago in Malaysia ]

New Straits Times Online ^ | Friday, January 30, 2009 | Melissa Darlyne Chow

[SunkenCiv]

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[djf]

Bucky Fuller vindicated?

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[gondramB]

>>Universiti Sains Malaysia’s (USM) Centre for Archaeological Research Malaysia has found evidence of early human existence in the country dating back 1.83 million years...<<

When they say “human” they can’t mean homo sapians, I don’t think...

[null and void]

Any member of genus Homo will do...

[gondramB]

>>Any member of genus Homo will do...<<

But that would make Neanderthals and even Homo Habilis "human"... that seems odd to me.

[null and void]

Well, if we count liberals and mohammedans as human, why is counting Homo Neaderthalis or even Homo Habilis such a big leap?

[Fred Nerks]

And then along comes this Melanesian (neandertal?) to have his photo taken and throws all the theories out with the bathwater...

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Generally speaking if you are Homo Sapiens you are a modern human, If you are of the genus Homo you are human, or early human or pre-modern human. If you are Anthropithecus or another of the early species, you are pre-human.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Interesting picture, but I have never heard that the folks over there (or anyone alive) are not genetically Homo sapiens.

[gondramB]

Aha. Thank you.

[blam]

Stranger In A New Land (Archaeology)

Image: JOHN GURCHE PORTRAIT OF A PIONEER With a brain half the size of a modern one and a brow reminiscent of Homo habilis, this hominid is one of the most primitive members of our genus on record. Paleoartist John Gurche reconstructed this 1.75-million-year-old explorer from a nearly complete teenage H. erectus skull and associated mandible found in Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia. The background figures derive from two partial crania recovered at the site.

[blam]

"To: null and void And then along comes this Melanesian (neandertal?) to have his photo taken and throws all the theories out with the bathwater... "

Ancient Statue Found In Bolivia

[stefanbatory]

I guess I’ll need to quit saying that I’m african on job apps and start saying asian...

[Fred Nerks]

The Peruvian connection, LINK

Easter Island Dwelling, Peruvian Chullpa

What is An Easter Island birdman vase doing in Peru? Conversely, what is a carving of an Alpaca head and a carving depicting the legend of carrying fresh fish from the Pacific Ocean to the King in Tiahuanaco doing in a cave on Rapa nui?

The image of the 'Ancient Statue found in Bolivia' sent me on a quest for the Long Ears of Easter Island...but I became distracted by the link above, particularly by the so-called Alpaca head. I saw this object when I first read Aku Aku and wondered what it was.

This is the first time I have seen the 'birdman vase' claimed to have been found in Peru. I wonder if it is a genuine find?

[Fred Nerks]

Interesting picture, but I have never heard that the folks over there (or anyone alive) are not genetically Homo sapiens.

but can't you just imagine someone digging up the melanesian - and announcing to the world that a neandertal has been discovered in the Pacific?

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

It was probably the the fault of the Pleaidians when they were on a field trip from Easter Island to Peru, it probably fell out of the mothership

[grey_whiskers]

Maybe not human, but that one on the right sure *looks* homo. :-)

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

All is not lost:

Cheers!