from the FRchives:The Scars of Evolution:"The most remarkable aspect of Todaro's discovery emerged when he examined Homo Sapiens for the 'baboon marker'. It was not there... Todaro drew one firm conclusion. 'The ancestors of man did not develop in a geographical area where they would have been in contact with the baboon. I would argue that the data we are presenting imply a non-African origin of man millions of years ago.'"
What Our Bodies Tell Us
About Human Origins
by Elaine Morgan
Too bad they cannot bring themselves to spell “Neanderthal” correctly...
“A few years ago, scientists showed that it’s possible to extract prehistoric human DNA from dirt, which contains genetic material left behind by our ancestors from skin flakes, hair or dried excrement or bodily fluids such as sweat or blood...”
Had no idea!
I remember. Cave prices skyrocketed.
What intrigues me more than origin location is how rapidly science has progressed. Just 100,000 years ago Neanderthals were running around. While earth is 5 billion years old.
So modern humans have been around for only about 0.00002 fraction of earth’s age. Will humans survive the remaining life of earth of 99.998% of earth’s remaining life?
The original White Flight.
This is why you have to close the toilet lid after you go to the bathroom.
A thousand years from now, some guy will be tracing you urine droplets and figuring out that you were drinking at work.
The reason why neanderthals generally lost out to African humans is that neanderthals lived in isolated communities while African humans interacted. The interaction caused viral epidemics which shortened lives. The arrangement inoculated African humans against the viruses. The shortened lifespans of African humans hastened evolutionary advances.