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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

Homo erectus, one of modern humans' direct ancestors, was a wandering bunch. After the species dispersed from Africa about two million years ago, it colonized the ancient world, which included Asia and possibly Europe. But about 400,000 years ago, Homo erectus essentially vanished. The lone exception was a spot called Ngandong, on the Indonesian island of Java. But scientists were unable to agree on a precise time period for the site...A new study...dates the last existence of Homo erectus at Ngandong between 108,000 and 117,000 years ago.

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


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KEYWORDS: archaeology; flores; godsgravesglyphs; homoerectus; indonesia; java; ngandong; paleontology; primatology
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1 posted on 12/23/2019 5:23:24 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: SunkenCiv
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Re: Last Known Homo Erectus Settlement

2 posted on 12/23/2019 5:28:24 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

“A New Study”......Grant Money is Forever!!


4 posted on 12/23/2019 5:43:00 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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I read this the other day, thank you for posting it. I found it interesting that they may have perished because it got too wet for them rather than getting too dry as with many ancient species and cultures during past droughts.


5 posted on 12/23/2019 5:48:01 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: zeestephen
Montréal?

Homo erectus or homo brainless.

6 posted on 12/23/2019 5:51:52 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: HighSierra5

As a self admitted proud fudge packer,I’m sure he has a long list.....


7 posted on 12/23/2019 5:58:26 AM PST by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: zeestephen

The “Out of Africa” theory has modern Homo Sapiens leaving the continent around 70-60,000 years ago. Why would the last Homo Erectus die out 30,000 years BEFORE then?

What about Homo Heidelbergensis? Homo Neanderthalensis? Homo Denisovansis?


8 posted on 12/23/2019 6:11:27 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

What about ADAM & EVE? All humans can be traced back to the first couple.


9 posted on 12/23/2019 6:21:17 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm ( 32:12))
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To: stars & stripes forever

God told Adam to leave his father & mother and bond to his wife Eve.

Who was Adam’s mother?


10 posted on 12/23/2019 6:50:54 AM PST by TheNext (LeGaBiT)
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To: Alas Babylon!

“The “Out of Africa” theory has modern Homo Sapiens leaving the continent around 70-60,000 years ago. Why would the last Homo Erectus die out 30,000 years BEFORE then?”

Time for you to do some homework!


11 posted on 12/23/2019 7:02:58 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TheNext

“God told Adam to leave his father & mother and bond to his wife Eve.“

That is not how I read the following explanation of marriage. Nothing about either of them having a mother.

24 “Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh. “


12 posted on 12/23/2019 7:03:02 AM PST by Stingray51
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To: Alas Babylon!
Before the deep study on this site, the consensus was that Homo Erectus had pretty much disappeared by 400,000 years ago.

Curiously, that is just about the same time period when Neanderthals began to expand.

I know that one common theory is that Neanderthals may have evolved from Homo Erectus.

Artifacts and a few fossils of modern humans dating back 100,000 years have been found in Israel and the Caucasus region between the Black Sea and the Caspian, so it appears that modern humans were also on the move earlier than thought.

Curiously, once again, modern humans appear to have migrated towards Persia, India and southeast Asia for about 20,000 years before they made a U-turn and marched back across southern Asia, along the northern Black Sea coast, and into Europe, about 40,000 years ago.

The Neanderthals went extinct in Europe just about the same time that modern humans arrived.

13 posted on 12/23/2019 7:06:17 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen
You said "Homo Erectus", tee hee, tee hee.


14 posted on 12/23/2019 7:09:41 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: TexasGator

Don’t go off half-cocked. Tell me what happened then.

I didn’t say it was my theory, just that it was the “Out-of-Africa” theory.


15 posted on 12/23/2019 7:15:59 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: HighSierra5

Does Buttgiger know any homo erectuses?


LOL, I heard homo erectus colonized San Francisco.


16 posted on 12/23/2019 7:18:45 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: TheNext
God told Adam to leave his father & mother and bond to his wife Eve. Who was Adam’s mother?

As recorded in Genesis chapter 2, God created Adam first, and then Eve. God Himself brought Eve to Adam. God Himself ordained that they would be joined together in holy matrimony. He said that the two of them would become one flesh.

What does it mean to leave and cleave?

17 posted on 12/23/2019 7:22:18 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm ( 32:12))
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To: Alas Babylon!

The out of Africa theory has been thoroughly debunked by recent genetic studies.


18 posted on 12/23/2019 7:46:59 AM PST by FroedrickVonFreepenstein
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

Please point out those studies for me.

I’m not trying to dispute you but learn more about recent discoveries in regarding human evolution.

It’s very fascinating to me and especially genetic discoveries.


19 posted on 12/23/2019 7:57:32 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: zeestephen

Well, the BBC doesn’t seem to think so:

BATTLE FOR EARTH Homo Erectus vs Homo Sapiens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF5nQN5Ekp8

Not saying you are wrong, but they are saying Erectus hunted and ATE Sapiens...


20 posted on 12/23/2019 8:01:18 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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