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Researchers determine age for last known settlement by a direct ancestor to modern humans
Science Daily ^ | 18 December 2019

Posted on 12/23/2019 5:23:24 AM PST by zeestephen

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To: Alas Babylon!

No problem. I need to go through my bookmarks when I get home from work. I’ll do that and get you some links.


21 posted on 12/23/2019 9:17:05 AM PST by FroedrickVonFreepenstein
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks zeestephen. I have a feeling I'm too late to claim to be in before the Erectus jokes. ;^)

22 posted on 12/23/2019 10:42:50 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Uncle 'Civ's Nitpicking Corner, Ep. 947

..one of modern humans' direct ancestors...
Sigh... the first person who used that very unique phrase wrote it on writing paper with an ink pen, oh, and I think he had sugar diabetes.
There's no such thing as an indirect ancestor. The term 'direct ancestor' is often seen among genealogists, who apparently regard their distanct cousins as 'indirect ancestors'. I used to work with a woman who said Abraham Lincoln was her ancestor -- he's not, he has no living descendants. At least she didn't say 'direct ancestor'.

23 posted on 12/23/2019 10:48:11 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Some people like to add an “ancestor” to impress people. In today’s genealogical “circles,” those “ancestors” are soon found to be non-existent.

If it ain’t there, I ain’t gonna add it!!!

;o]

‘Face


24 posted on 12/23/2019 10:56:37 AM PST by Monkey Face (On very bad days I remind myself that my track record for getting through bad days is 100% so far!)
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To: zeestephen; SunkenCiv
I've recently read that three 'strains' of Denisovians have been found. The difference between the strains are as great as the differences between Neanderthals and the original Denisovians.
Some are arguing that they (the other 2 strains) should be given their own names and declared as separate human species.

Interesting times.

25 posted on 12/23/2019 11:05:44 AM PST by blam
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The strains have not been found per se, just the one DNA sample was sequenced from the cave — but the living people carrying Denisovan DNA (including yours truly) have been discerned to be carrying additional otherwise unknown sequences which appear to be from additional, otherwise unknown, Denisovans. I feel so durn smug about this... ;^)

If I’ve not sent the link to the archaic DNA research site (they just want your raw DNA file), let me know, in case you’re interested. There are a BUNCH of archaic DNA samples from all over the place, various ages (including stuff close to the radiocarbon limit) that they test for.


26 posted on 12/23/2019 11:28:11 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

And it came to pass that Homo Sapiens looked upon Homo Erectus and saw that they were tasty.

And thus, bbq was invented.


27 posted on 12/23/2019 1:01:26 PM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: blam

[singing] Once, twice, three times a Denisovan...
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3740525/posts

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=denisovan

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=denisovans


28 posted on 12/23/2019 6:26:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Monkey Face

A cousin who’s a genealogist announced to the gathered family a controversial, slave-owning ancestor (he was joking) — George Washington. GW also has no descendants, and never had any. He is however a cousin, twice (at least once on each side of my family).


29 posted on 12/23/2019 6:30:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
I just quoted what I read in the January/Febuary Discover Magazine. It is listed as #5 on "Top 50 Science Stories That Matter."
Titled, Decoding The Denisovans

I will quote directly from the article:

"The team says it found strong indications that what we call the Denisovians might actually have been three distinct lineages of archaic human, spread from Siberia to Southeast Asia. They found the signatures of two separate Denisovan populations in the DNA from people in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea - and both differed from the Siberian Denisovans. One of those groups looked as different from Denisovans as from Neanderthals, which suggests it may have been a separate species".

" If we're going to call the Neanderthals and Denisovans by a unique name, which we do,then we should call this group by another name ,says paper coauthor Murray Cox, of New Zealand Massey Institute."

BTW, when Joan Baez was asked why she didn't record or sing the song "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" the way the author wrote it, she said, I sang it the way I heard it.

The correct way(Written and recorded by a Canadian band)

I quoted that article the way I read it.

30 posted on 12/23/2019 6:58:56 PM PST by blam
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To: blam

Looks like the article sez what I said as well.

Joan Baez shows up in this, briefly. Dated Steve Jobs for a short time as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWLAAzOBoBI


31 posted on 12/23/2019 9:17:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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"Dated Steve Jobs for a short time as well."

That seems about as unlikely as this:

In April 1979, Newsweek magazine found the story of then California Gov. Jerry Brown and rock star Linda Ronstadt intriguing enough to make it a cover story.

32 posted on 12/24/2019 10:59:52 AM PST by blam
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To: blam
I don't think she was very fussy, or to put it less nicely, I think she changed partners more than characters in a Steve Stills song.

33 posted on 12/25/2019 11:51:05 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Bluebird
34 posted on 12/25/2019 2:44:23 PM PST by blam
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To: blam

:^) Interesting, didn’t know about the longer version. I think I have that LP somewhere, but I definitely have the regular release of the song on CD. :^) :^(


35 posted on 12/25/2019 7:11:10 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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