Posted on 11/06/2005 1:00:32 AM PST by CarrotAndStick
Washington : Scientists have said that that the arrival of modern humans from Africa to South Asia some 70,000 years ago may have led to the extermination of the native populations.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have said that the arrival of Homo sapiens in regions like India and other parts of South Asia had most probably led to conflicts and competition between the Homo sapiens and the indigenous hominids (Homo heidelbergensis), leading to the latters extinction over the years.
While the precise explanations for the demise of the archaic populations is not yet obvious, it is abundantly clear that they were driven to extinction, likely owing to competition with modern humans over the long term, said Michael Petraglia, the author of a forthcoming study in Current Anthropology.
Paleoanthropological projects must now be launched in South Asia if we hope to document the spread of our species and if we wish to explain how we became behaviorally modern, he added.
However, Petraglia and his team could not find any sign of a sudden revolution in modern human behaviour 50,000 years ago, an idea advocated by some researchers working in Africa and Europe.
The archaeological evidence from South Asia indicates a diversity of behavioral responses in which explicitly symbolic artifacts were sometimes, but not always, produced, said Hannah James, Petraglias graduate student.
Homo Heidelbergensis 400,000 years ago.
no more blaming white anglo-saxons??
Use Geico
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo Heidelbergensis?
Homo sapiens agenda ping!
Re: post #7...Whoa, wouldn't be surprised if they were cannibals (or is that a homo sapien?).
I don't getcha . . .
Absolutely no idea. Just doing an image search on Google, and posting them here.
Massive jawbone. Wasn't aware that these critters had been so successful.
never mind all that. i want REPARATIONS AND I WANT THEM NOW. my ancestors have been harmed by africans. they always do us that way. sarcasm off now, unless i was a democrat of course.
One funny thing from the map, even then, humans avoided the Middle East!
That's how I found my pic, lol.
It's a joke only to me and a duck in mango salsa
can ya find me a USA map with cities?? I went through a dozen screens before I quit...
i don't have much of an appetite, thank you.
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