PinGGG!.........................
I have a pronounced occipital bun.
Maybe I’m a Neanderthal.
They need to concentrate on the habitual fire and brimstone that awaits the end of their own lineage if they haven't put their faith in Jesus Christ. This world is not our home.
Even still, didn't we already know that Homo Heidelbergensis lived roughly 600,000 years ago?
Lol. Why is an anthropology article in a science forum?
I thought homosapiens were just 30,000 years old.
If they’re Craftsman tools, they’re still under warranty.
“human” man, or animal man...
I read years ago that fresh bones will knap as well as flint. Don’t know if it is as sharp.
I just perused the Cerutti find at the San Diego Museum of Natural History. Similar in that it was secondary evidence of human activity 130,000 years ago, where heavy boulders smashed the bones of mastodons. Matching bone fragments and stone fragments also found nearby. The “indians” were supposed to be here, 15 K years ago, maximum.
Okay, let me see if I understand how this works?
In the beginning there was nothing?
And there was nothing for a very, very, very long time, almost forever?
As a matter of fact I guess it had been forever, right up until the time that "something" happened?
Then one day for no particular reason that anyone knows of "something" happened to "nothing" and it was the beginning of "everything."
As I understand it, that "something" is what "Evolutionary Scientists" now call the "Big Bang Theory."
So, where there was nothing forever, up until the Big Bang, then there was (almost) everything - Planets, Stars, Moons, Asteroids, Solar Systems, Black Holes, etc. All moving away from where the Big Bang took place at a very high rate of speed, mainly because of the big bang. Makes sense, right?
Then all of a sudden where there had only been darkness forever, (I guess because of the Big Bang), the Sun fired up “one day” and miracle upon miracles "Let there be light, there was actual "day"
And because there was light and heat, and with an indeterminate amount of Time (lots and lots of it) added to the equation chemical reactions began to take place, for no particular reason. And these chemical reactions created a prehistoric micro-organism which I'll just call Mike. Thus was life created.
Whoops, guess I skipped over a few things like the coincidental self-creation of all the building blocks of life, such as atoms, molecules, DNA, RNA, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen and a whole bunch of other things all just the right mixture to provide an atmosphere on this big old thing we call Earth.
Anyway, so this micro-organism named Mike, I see it is ultimately the "father" of everything?
Recently, however the guy from the referenced videos below suggested that for some people, "Time" should be recognized as their preferred theoretical creator of everything. His supposition was (I think) that given enough time and with the correct ingredients anything is possible.
I don't know if it's true, but I have heard about another theory called "The Big Box Theory" that with a big enough box (a really big box), and the right parts in the box, that if the box could be shaken for long enough (Time) you could create, for instance, a Boeing 747 (just add gas), a computer, etc.
Sorry, but all that "Theory of Evolution" stuff is just too supernatural for my little pea brain. That requries too many miraculous coincidences without there actually being some sort of "plan." I just can't muster that much faith in the "Theory of Evolution" to become a believer. (However I must confess that once I was a believer, but realized that I had been scammed by people with an agenda and a theory with too many holes in it..)
Okay, if you have endured my snarky, amateurish, but very serious philosophizing about the "In the Beginning" and life and Evolution up to this point, "Thank you for your patience, my FRiend!"
Now if you really want to hear some really well reasoned “theories” about Evolution (or the lack of) take a few and give this guy a listen.
Maybe you can prove him wrong and restore my faith in Evolution, or time, or whatever. He makes a pretty good well reasoned argument for something besides Evolution.
Neanderthal lineage.
Them dang Neanderthal’s. They were smart, by golly.
That’s not to say the ancient humans living here were particularly ‘smart’, the researchers note. The explanation might simply be that they had a lot more elephant bones to work with than other groups, and less access to naturally occurring, large pieces of flint for making stone tools instead.
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Interesting write up. The above paragraph seems to parallel what I saw in this area, but much, much later. I’ve een artifacts ranging back to about 10,000 years ago, not the 400,000 they are talking about, but in this area the majority of human manufactured tools and projectile points are made from petrified wood, which seems to have been the predominant material for this area.
A rock the size of your fist is not common around here, and some of the projectile points found were made from flint and chert from other parts of the country. Most local rock is more likely to be smaller than a golf ball. One in particular I found was made from a form of white chert only available in Arkansas, 5 hours away or so. some smaller projectile points from 4,000 years ago or less are made from a type of red or yellow Jasper, (which may be the difference between heat treated or not) and a few from smaller chunks of local flint and chert, but tools make from rock instead of petrified wood are mostly from imported rock.
This was one of the purposes for the Poverty Point area in north Louisiana, where I lived a few years ago. Poverty Point itself was about 10 miles from where Ilived. It was the location of a yearly trading meet, evidence of tribal groups from locations as far away as Indiana and Missouri have been found.
They would meet there once a year and bring items from their area to trade. The locals at poverty point made clay heating balls they would trade for other items, others would bring whatever they had from home. Rocks, already formed into blanks, baskets, sandals, whatevere they made from home.
One mound about 3 miles from where I lived was made from dirt brought there from missouri, one basket full at a time, and dumped onto their ceremonial mound near Poverty Point. It’s about 20 feet high now, probably 30 feet across.
Once you locate their campsites, artifacts from all over the country can be found. Numerous campsites are all over the area.
But the locals here where I live now mostly used petrified wood, the most common material. I’ve seen arrow and spear heads, scrapers, knives, drills etc, all made from petrified wood. Even a mortar and pestle...(I can’t remember the Native American names for them) Interesting that this culture used elephant bone for the same reason, it was more easily available.
This is interesting but should not be revolutionary. Present day primates make and use tools if given the need and the chance. Why not our distant ancestors?
Maybe it was just one smart guy making all the tools?
Mr. Craft? ;)
“Craftsman”