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To: SunkenCiv
Experts say the discovery could reveal important clues to the evolution of humans.
"It belonged to a nomad hunter, less than 25 years old. He may be able to teach us more about the evolution of his successor, the Neanderthal man."

While the articles can be interesting, it seems that every discovery, even of lesser proportions than earlier discoveries, always says it may lead to better info on evolution. Until they find something with real meat, they ought to tone it down due to the triteness of the statement.

They also seem to make these definitive statements like the one above - nomad hunter, under 25 years old - I guess the age might not be too hard to discover, but the nomad hunter is as much a guess as "he foraged in a finite area eating bugs, berries, worms, and anything else that would sustain him - he really like the berries the best..."

6 posted on 09/03/2011 5:02:59 AM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: trebb

Yeah, they really should tone down statements based on what is already known about the situation prevailing when the dead guy was still alive.


10 posted on 09/03/2011 5:41:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: trebb

Nomad hinter ...

They figured he wasn’t a farmer because there were no telltale signs from wearing a John Deer ball cap. Still, he could have been a student on spring break.


14 posted on 09/03/2011 6:36:41 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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