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.
...Hmmmm.....I'll take Kareem Abdul Jabbar for $1000, Alex....
bttt
this will be used by anti-westerners as a proof of the western tendency to a hegemony.
I wanted tons of cities but this one is fine... I did find a 1000k+ map that looked like a roadmap of the country, but it seemed to be in chinese....
It's amazing how hard it can be to find a simple thing like that on Google. Google's great for a lot of things, but sometimes it drives me crazy, too! :-)
I thought Geoggo Wuggago Bushmaster the 1st of Florabad was at fault, no?
I'm just a simple cavewoman...your world frightens and confuses me.
Geico wrestler
I guess just about everything is on the Internet huh?
No, no, no... these Africans were obviously light-skinned. And they probably supported Apartheid.
That is so, like, condescending.
Tell me those guys don't look and sound like Billy Bob Thorton!
yep
Go here for one of the caveman spots:
http://www.funnyclipcentral.com/content/geicocaveman3.php
Oh, thanks...lol, I have seen the gay cavemen spot. Went completely over my head. But I've got it now.
Senate Democrats picking over the remains of G.W..
The best theorys in science are the simpliest, so here goes:
Homo heidelbergensis women were so ugly that they couldn't find a mate.
They were so ugly that beer did not improve their looks at 2 am in a cave.
Homo heidelbergensis women lived primarily in France, and their smell has continued theu the ages.
Homo heidelbergensis women were harpooned in the ocean.
Homo heidelbergensis were so ugly, they had to tie a mammoth bone around their neck so the dog would play with them.
You get the idea.
Hey, wait a minute, that's exactly what happened in my old neighborhood. It started pretty innocently, but before you knew it, trick or treat ended like this:
"At a press conference Friday afternoon, Cincinnati Police announced a break in the Halloween shooting of a Price Hill man.
Police have arrested three males, one 18 year old and two juveniles in connection with the shooting of a longtime Price Hill resident.
Charles Iles, 84, was in has house when would-be trick or treaters forced their way into the house on Terry Street, demanded money, and then shot Isles twice in the chest.
Iles, who had been on life support since the incident, was removed off the lifeline on Friday.
Stay with FOX19 News as we continue to update this story."
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