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The Mating Habits of Early Hominins
The Scientist ^ | December 18, 2013 | Ruth Williams

Posted on 12/19/2013 12:22:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: Democrat_media
there is no warming

No, not for over 10 year. BUT THERE HAS BEEN!

Do you think we're unaware of this stuff? There was "global warming" at the time of the dustbowl in the Dirty Thirties.

41 posted on 12/20/2013 7:11:25 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

the Sun’s solar cycles are really slowing down, much smaller.

all indications point to something like another maunder minimum (mini ice age).it started this year with the biggest 1 year drop in temps in a long time. global warming is a hoax.

see you here in a few years when it’s even colder. will you still believe in global warming? I’ll be having fun destroying liberals/democrats all over the internet as i am this year with all the cold weather headlines .

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/07/15/newsbytes-suns-bizarre-activity-may-trigger-another-little-ice-age-or-not/

“Weakest Solar Cycle In Almost 200 Years”

The sun is acting bizarrely and scientists have no idea why. Solar activity is in gradual decline, a change from the norm which in the past triggered a 300-year-long mini ice age. We are supposed to be at a peak of activity, at solar maximum. The current situation, however, is outside the norm and the number of sunspots seems in steady decline. The sun was undergoing “bizarre behaviour” said Dr Craig DeForest of the society. “It is the smallest solar maximum we have seen in 100 years,” said Dr David Hathaway of Nasa. –Dick Ahlstrom, The Irish Times, 12 July 2013


42 posted on 12/20/2013 7:25:02 PM PST by Democrat_media (Obama ordered IRS to rig 2012 election and must resign)
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To: Democrat_media
see you here in a few years when it’s even colder. will you still believe in global warming?

Well, there used to be hundreds of feet of ice right here.

What happened to it and why?

43 posted on 12/20/2013 8:44:05 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Close...

Nikolai Sergeyevich Valuev (Russian: Николай Сергеевич Валуев Russian pronunciation: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ vɐˈlʊjɪf]; born 21 August 1973) is a retired Russian professional boxer and former two-time WBA heavyweight champion turned politician.

44 posted on 12/20/2013 10:29:25 PM PST by gnarledmaw (Obama: Evincing a Design since 2009)
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To: Democrat_media
Global warming isn't a hoax. Paleogeologists have proven that if there is such a thing as a temperature the earth is "supposed to be" it is about 7 degrees warmer than today. We have dipped below that many times including this period we are in. For a period after life appeared on the earth it was 12 degrees warmer than today.

Present day and/or anthropogenic caused global warming is a hoax.

45 posted on 12/20/2013 10:40:06 PM PST by gnarledmaw (Obama: Evincing a Design since 2009)
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To: gnarledmaw

global warming is a hoax

it’s not getting warmer, although you do your best to help the evil liberal news media enslave us

hash tag global cooling

#solarcycle25


46 posted on 12/21/2013 9:31:22 AM PST by Democrat_media (Obama ordered IRS to rig 2012 election and must resign)
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To: Democrat_media

Please put your reading comprehension goggles on and reread my post. TY.


47 posted on 12/21/2013 11:56:32 AM PST by gnarledmaw (Obama: Evincing a Design since 2009)
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To: zeestephen

That’s because Neanderthals and Denisovans aren’t modern humans. Pretty simple.


48 posted on 12/21/2013 12:12:36 PM PST by Fuzz
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To: Fuzz

Not sure I understand your point.

My comment was directed at the politically correct ideal that ALL modern humans can be traced back in a direct line to ancestors in sub-Saharan Africa.

Thus, according to that ideal, any form of racial prejudice or racial conceit is evil and ignorant because we all have the same ancestors.

But, if some of us uniquely carry DNA from other human species, then that ideal goes right out the window.

In a general sense I think I understand what you are saying - that the southern Africans are still my “relatives.”

I agree, but I’m also a DNA “relative” of 3 billion year old bacteria, but I’m not sure that fact helps us in the present discussion.


49 posted on 12/21/2013 1:03:13 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

There is nothing PC about it.

Neanderthals also originated in Africa. While there is more to be learned and discovered than what we actually know right now, there is no evidence of a humanoid species of non-African origin. Applying any modern day ‘racial’ component to evolution would be pc nonsense. DNA doesn’t care about political correctness.


50 posted on 12/21/2013 3:34:51 PM PST by Fuzz
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To: Fuzz
Still not sure what point you are making.

My point:

There are no native born Homo Sapiens Sapiens in southern Africa who carry Neanderthal or Denisovan DNA.

Outside of southern Africa, there are definitely Homo Sapiens Sapiens who have Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA.

Why are those two distinct groups of Homo Sapiens Sapiens considered to be part of the same Hominim species?

51 posted on 12/21/2013 5:17:27 PM PST by zeestephen
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They all branch from a common ancestor that originated in Africa and migrated out from there. Homo species migrated out of Africa LONG before modern humans, including the Neanderthal.

Our branch is relatively new and survived, the others died out. When inter-breeding was possible it apparently happened because traces of the other hominid species DNA can be found, but the species it came from is no longer around.


52 posted on 12/21/2013 5:26:33 PM PST by Fuzz
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To: Fuzz
Yes, I understand the history.

Do you understand that Neanderthal, Denisovan, and Sapiens are three distinct Hominim species?

Just so I'm clear, you state that Homo Sapiens Sapiens WITH Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA should be classified as the same species as Homo Sapiens Sapiens with NO Neanderthal or Denisovan DNA.

Do I understand you correctly?

53 posted on 12/21/2013 6:00:46 PM PST by zeestephen
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“Do you understand that Neanderthal, Denisovan, and Sapiens are three distinct Hominim species?”

Yes, and it should be obvious from my post, frankly.

“Just so I’m clear, you state that Homo Sapiens Sapiens WITH Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA should be classified as the same species as Homo Sapiens Sapiens with NO Neanderthal or Denisovan DNA.”

The genetic drift in some populations of current humans from previous, extinct homo species is small and doesn’t change the species classification now, it is a remnant of our past, showing that inter-breeding was possible.

So to answer directly, yes, same species. People with small remnants of DNA from other homo species still belong to our species. You know we share over 98% of our DNA with chimps, still a different species.


54 posted on 12/21/2013 6:07:45 PM PST by Fuzz
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To: Fuzz; zeestephen

That last sentence didn’t follow the logic of my point quite like I intended. Not proud of it.


55 posted on 12/21/2013 6:19:06 PM PST by Fuzz
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To: gnarledmaw

there’s white stuff , ice and snow , all over the USA . is that white stuff global warming? lol

hash tag global warming is a hoax
there is
#global cooling now

that thing in the middle of the solar system that is a milion times larger than the Earth says so, cooling , ok? got it?


56 posted on 12/26/2013 2:13:48 PM PST by Democrat_media (Obama ordered IRS to rig 2012 election and must resign)
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To: Democrat_media
The problem with web posts is that it is often difficult to divine nuance in text. Im having a real hard time determining if you are a troll, a dunce, don't speak English, or are making some type of joke.

Your response suggests you've read the talking points but have no idea what you are actually talking about or the science behind it. You are essentially the same as the average global warming believer and make a perfect example for liberals to point to as a "denier". Clueless but convinced.

Until you show some sign that you have actually read my post I will assume you are a dunce or a jester.

57 posted on 12/28/2013 10:31:48 AM PST by gnarledmaw (Obama: Evincing a Design since 2009)
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