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Prehistoric Settlement Found In Qatar (700,000 YO)
The Peninsular ^ | 6-23-2008

Posted on 06/23/2008 1:38:41 PM PDT by blam

Prehistoric settlement found in Qatar

6/23/2008 2:25:18

DOHA • A prehistoric settlement in what is now Qatar may confirm alternative theories on how early humans emigrated from the African continent, a report in a Danish newspaper said.

Danish archaeologists have uncovered a settlement they believe may be over 700,000 years old, making it the oldest organised human community ever found, reported Berlingske Tidende newspaper.

Eight dwellings in the desert region of Qatar indicate that an early human species crossed what is now the Red Sea to leave their origins in Africa, according to the scientists. There is still uncertainty within the scientific community as to which routes early humans used to migrate out of Africa.

The new discovery has only been tentatively dated by the archaeologists, who have estimated the age from types of artefacts found at the site, which include axes and knives.

Other dating tests are necessary to confirm the estimates, but the find can only be carbon-dated with accuracy if organic material, such as bones, are found.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 700000; dmanisi; godsgravesglyphs; homoerectus; origin; origins; prehistoric; qatar; settlement

1 posted on 06/23/2008 1:38:41 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Cool. over 700K old.. Thanks.


2 posted on 06/23/2008 1:40:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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To: SunkenCiv
GGG Ping.

Maybe these folks:

Stranger In A New Land (Archaeology)

Image: JOHN GURCHE PORTRAIT OF A PIONEER With a brain half the size of a modern one and a brow reminiscent of Homo habilis, this hominid is one of the most primitive members of our genus on record. Paleoartist John Gurche reconstructed this 1.75-million-year-old explorer from a nearly complete teenage H. erectus skull and associated mandible found in Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia. The background figures derive from two partial crania recovered at the site.

3 posted on 06/23/2008 1:42:29 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

And guess who was there ... at that time ...

4 posted on 06/23/2008 1:48:07 PM PDT by Zakeet (Be thankful we don't get all the government we pay for)
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To: Zakeet

Hey, she was quite a hottie in the paleozoic era.


5 posted on 06/23/2008 1:58:38 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: blam; GodGunsGuts

I’m glad that they were able to find photos of this creature, because otherwise I would have figured it was just another monkey ;o)


6 posted on 06/23/2008 2:05:46 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Jimmy Carter is the skidmark in the panties of American History)
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To: blam

“With a brain half the size of a modern one...”

Wow, so the libs WERE here before normal people.


7 posted on 06/23/2008 2:21:04 PM PDT by Gator113 (Drill here, drill now, or face the hangman.)
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To: blam

Axes and knives 700,000 years ago? I find that hard to accept.


8 posted on 06/23/2008 2:23:32 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: blam

Unless they left a map of their travel plan...How the hell do they know which direction they came from?


9 posted on 06/23/2008 2:26:25 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
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To: Gator113
“With a brain half the size of a modern one..."

Wow, so the libs WERE here before normal people.

Still laffing...........................mao

10 posted on 06/23/2008 2:31:57 PM PDT by litehaus (A memory tooooo long)
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To: blam

I thought humans only went back about 400k or so. Also, would something with only a 1/2 size brain be considered “human”, or a non-human pre-curser.


11 posted on 06/23/2008 2:59:32 PM PDT by Wiseghy ("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
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To: Wiseghy
"To: blam I thought humans only went back about 400k or so. Also, would something with only a 1/2 size brain be considered “human”, or a non-human pre-curser. "

There are at least 22 species of Extinct Humans.

12 posted on 06/23/2008 3:03:12 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

Carbon 14 dating is useless for objects older than about 60,000 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating


13 posted on 06/23/2008 3:08:53 PM PDT by Colinsky
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14 posted on 06/23/2008 10:27:06 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
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To: blam
OK, so did the pronounce it “cutter” or “kahtahr”??
15 posted on 06/24/2008 1:24:12 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Number nine, number nine, number nine . . .)
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To: colorado tanker
"OK, so did the pronounce it “cutter” or “kahtahr”??"

Rush says 'cutter'....that's good enough for me.

16 posted on 06/24/2008 3:10:23 PM PDT by blam
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To: Zakeet

You beat me to it. Great minds think alike.


17 posted on 06/24/2008 6:33:27 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( I'm a carbon based human being, a Carbonated-American)
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To: blam
This can't possibly be real.
Unless they found evidence of a visit by Helen Thomas.

Just saying...

18 posted on 06/24/2008 7:04:43 PM PDT by Publius6961 (You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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To: Sacajaweau
Unless they left a map of their travel plan...How the hell do they know which direction they came from?

Bad Sacawhatsit. Bad!

That borders on racist. Get ready for a time out.

19 posted on 06/24/2008 7:06:01 PM PDT by Publius6961 (You're Government, it's not your money, and you never have to show a profit.)
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