Posted on 08/11/2023 12:59:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A team of paleontologists... analyzed the fossilized jawbone, partial skull and some leg bones of a hominin dated to 300,000 years ago.
The fossils were excavated at a site in Hualongdong, in what is now a part of East China. They were subsequently subjected to both a morphological and a geometric assessment, with the initial focus on the jawbone, which exhibited unique features—a triangular lower edge and a unique bend.
The research team suggests that the unique features of the jawbone resemble those of both modern humans and Late Pleistocene hominids. But they also found that it did not have a chin, which suggests that it was more closely related to older species. They found other features that resemble hominins of the Middle Pleistocene, which, when taken together, suggested the individual most resembled a Homo erectus species. And that, they conclude, suggests a hybrid of modern human and ancient hominid.
The researchers note that the combination of features has never before been observed in hominids in East Asia, suggesting that traits found in modern humans began to appear as far back as 300,000 years ago...
In an effort to determine a species for the remains, the team ruled out Denisovan. That left them with the likelihood that the fossils represent a third lineage—one that is not Denisovan or Homo erectus, and is closer to Homo sapiens. And if this is the case, the species would very likely have shared some evolutionary relationships with hominins of the Middle or Late Pleistocene, resulting in shared characteristics.
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
It’s kind of hard to keep faith in Science itself, when so many ‘scientists’ are falling for the political agenda.
(I’m even losing faith in medicine and doctors, when so many are willing to condone slicing the breasts off of healthy teenaged girls, and similarly mutilating healthy boys.)
“ … so many of ‘them’ seem so sure that everything is known and resolved. “
Who has said everything is known and resolved?
For one, the ones whose pronouncements the politiicans are using to steal our tax dollars and increase all our costs in the interest of ‘protecting’ us from ‘Climate Change’.
I am thinking they belong to the crew of the Battlestar Galatica and the other assorted starships that deposited their crews on earth way back when..... : )
Looks like a Democrat to me!
Not of This Earth!!
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