Skip to comments.
Stone Age toe could redraw human family tree
http://www.newscientist.com/mobile/article/mg21128254.000-stone-age-toe-could-redraw-human-family-tree.html ^
| Wednesday, August 10, 2011
| Colin Barras
Posted on 08/12/2011 5:44:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-38 next last
1
posted on
08/12/2011 5:44:10 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve
in local libraries
Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]
2
posted on
08/12/2011 5:44:45 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
3
posted on
08/12/2011 5:46:25 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: SunkenCiv
"You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me. Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish."
- Walter Sobchak
To: SunkenCiv
Seriously, very interesting article. :)
I read this when it was linked through Archaeology Magazine’s news page the other day.
To: SunkenCiv
One bone does not a species make
6
posted on
08/12/2011 5:52:11 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 ....Rats carry plague)
To: SunkenCiv
I'll wait for peer review and other finds. Why are there so many that want to tear down humanity like Obama destroying Americanism? Some still believe in Nebraska man because they saw it in a diagram. This is just another theory.
7
posted on
08/12/2011 5:54:06 AM PDT
by
mountainlion
(I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
To: SunkenCiv
Call for Mr Morris...paging Dick Morris.
8
posted on
08/12/2011 5:54:55 AM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts bolt The Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
To: SunkenCiv
If the bones of a person with birth defects, like the elephant man, had been found in a cave, and analyzed by some of the people who like to jump to conclusions about “new discoveries”, then the elephant man would’ve been described as an entirely new species of humans.
9
posted on
08/12/2011 6:04:22 AM PDT
by
adorno
To: SunkenCiv
That taxomimy is offensive. I am NOT french!
10
posted on
08/12/2011 6:31:50 AM PDT
by
patton
(I am sure that I have done dumber things in my life, but at the moment, I am unable to recall them.)
To: bert
Gideon Mantell would disagree...
11
posted on
08/12/2011 6:38:00 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: mountainlion
Why are there so many that want to tear down humanity like Obama destroying Americanism?
Is that directed at me?
12
posted on
08/12/2011 6:49:28 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: adorno
Rudolph Virchow said the same thing about Neandertal — his eventually deteriorated into claiming that the remains were of a 17th c Cossack with rickets. It didn’t hold up, and in fact, it didn’t make any sense even then.
13
posted on
08/12/2011 6:51:00 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Constitution Day
I had buddies who died face down in the mud so we could enjoy this family restaurant!
14
posted on
08/12/2011 6:51:44 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Constitution Day
I’ve been a little remiss on posting GGG topics, and this summer has been a rich one for such articles.
15
posted on
08/12/2011 6:52:54 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: SunkenCiv
I can't tell from that chart how closely related the French are to humans.
16
posted on
08/12/2011 6:53:24 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The Repubs and Dems are arguing whether to pour 9 or 10 buckets of gasoline on a burning house.)
To: adorno
You hit the nail on the head.
Thank you.
To: SunkenCiv
Is that directed at me?
NO! Science seems to be on a mission to tear apart humanity whether is is energy, evolution, global warming...
18
posted on
08/12/2011 6:58:43 AM PDT
by
mountainlion
(I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
To: SunkenCiv
Is that directed at me? "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talking... you talking to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the **** do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah? OK."
19
posted on
08/12/2011 7:27:16 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: Constitution Day
One of my top five comedies of all time. I’m laughing pretty hard right now.
20
posted on
08/12/2011 7:41:24 AM PDT
by
Sawdring
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-38 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson