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Early human habitat, recreated for first time, shows life was no picnic
Science Daily ^ | 3/10/16 | Rutgers University

Posted on 03/10/2016 9:42:39 AM PST by JimSEA

Scientists have pieced together an early human habitat for the first time, and life was no picnic 1.8 million years ago.

Our human ancestors, who looked like a cross between apes and modern humans, had access to food, water and shady shelter at a site in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. They even had lots of stone tools with sharp edges, said Gail M. Ashley, a professor in the Rutgers Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the School of Arts and Sciences.

But "it was tough living," she said. "It was a very stressful life because they were in continual competition with carnivores for their food."

During years of work, Ashley and other researchers carefully reconstructed an early human landscape on a fine scale, using plant and other evidence collected at the sprawling site. Their pioneering work was published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The landscape reconstruction will help paleoanthropologists develop ideas and models on what early humans were like, how they lived, how they got their food (especially protein), what they ate and drank and their behavior, Ashley said.

(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: archaeology; creation; evolution; godsgravesglyphs; human; olduvaigorge; tanzania
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To: JimSEA

First, I’ll admit that in true FR fashion I didn’t click through and read the entire article, but...

My reading of this excerpt is that scientists have created a replica which is based on guesses and which is in no way verifiable, and now they are going to extrapolate from their guesses and use this “re-creation” to “learn” more about the culture of these early humans? I need to get a job like this... one where I can make up any old story and have it taken as truth. Wait! That’s American politics, isn’t it?!!


21 posted on 03/10/2016 11:10:07 AM PST by Saudade
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To: Leo Carpathian

And what was life like then for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered ancestors of modern humans??? Did they have homosexual marriage?

And what of discussions of the issues of the day? Did they have safe spaces in Olduvai Gorge???

And, I wonder too, about their carbon footprint.


22 posted on 03/10/2016 11:11:25 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: JimSEA

23 posted on 03/10/2016 11:13:32 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: JimSEA

Wait! What?

I thought it was a garden and we had dominion over all the animals?

Now I am really confused.

//sarc


24 posted on 03/10/2016 11:17:48 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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To: JimSEA
----life was no picnic----

I'll bet they had ants at every meal


25 posted on 03/10/2016 11:18:43 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump.)
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To: humblegunner

I even ok with some things being down for a day or so. Why rush to fix stuff. It’ll get done.


26 posted on 03/10/2016 11:18:47 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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To: JimSEA; SunkenCiv
from the article: " '...it was tough living,' she said. 'It was a very stressful life because they were in continual competition with carnivores for their food.' "


27 posted on 03/10/2016 11:28:34 AM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: Saudade

To the contrary, the scientists first determined the time period which was made fairly easy because a layer of volcanic ash separated the material being studied from more recent dirt and fossils. They then collected fossils including animal bones and plant fossils and particularly pollen. There were a lot of stone tools the edges of which retain traces of what the users were processing. It’s forensic sciences applied to an ancient site.


28 posted on 03/10/2016 11:40:05 AM PST by JimSEA
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To: humblegunner

You’re lucky then. I like the taste of shrimp; but not
willing to suffer for them. This thing hit me several
years ago. My friend helped me realize what was causing
my sick headaches that were just EXTREME. I was eating
Hershey’s kisses one day at the store. My friend said,
“A lot of people can’t eat chocolate because it makes them
have awful headaches.” Well, I had been having horrible
headaches; so I decided to try quitting the Hershey’s.
It worked. - Now that I’ve been off the chocolate for years
now, I can have a little bit of it in a Frosty now & then;
but when the nagging headaches start up, I back off. - It
was miserable before I got a clue. Before I got informed,
I went on a car trip to Atlanta with my husband. He kept
having to stop and let me puke on the roadside & let me
lie down with my head in his lap I was SO sick. - There is
generally ALWAYS an explanation for any illness.


29 posted on 03/10/2016 12:28:50 PM PST by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Try “Luggage of the Gods.”


30 posted on 03/10/2016 1:44:08 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: JimSEA

Whole article is unadulterated BS.

They made a discovery recently in China that kills the evolution from apes theory anyways.

Besides that, we were created in God’s image.


31 posted on 03/10/2016 2:05:41 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: Bulwyf

The Red Deer Cave discoveries do not in the least conflict with the understanding of human evolution except in the misrepresented creationist version. During most of human evolution there have been more than one different species around. Neanderthal, Homo Erectus (the Red Deer Cave people) and Homo Florensis all shared the planet with early Homo Sapiens. Remember, dogs descended from wolves but we still have wolves around (not to leave out jackals, foxes, coyotes, dingoes.


32 posted on 03/10/2016 3:03:52 PM PST by JimSEA
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To: Bulwyf

I look forward to reading your paper rebutting their findings. Where will you be submitting it?


33 posted on 03/10/2016 4:34:51 PM PST by Natufian (t)
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To: Natufian

I am working 15-16 hour days right now, oilfield electrician, and I’d be hard pressed to point you in the right direction.

I was under the impression that folks here are intelligent, I’m sure you can find the info.


34 posted on 03/10/2016 6:33:49 PM PST by Bulwyf
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