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Did climate change create modern man? Ancient temperature shifts made us more intelligent
Daily Mail UK ^
| October 1, 2014
| By SARAH GRIFFITHS
Posted on 10/01/2014 3:59:28 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Our most ancient ancestors were battling climate change to survive droughts, freezing and flooding.
And now a growing number of scientists believe that shifts in the Earth’s climate are responsible for creating some of our most distinctive characteristics.
Their research suggests that large evolutionary leaps, such as the development of our bigger brains and ability to create and use complex tools, coincided with periods of volatile climate change.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: climategate; failure; hoax; socialism
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To: rawcatslyentist
Used to be you had to go on missionary trips in the rainforest or Africa to see primitives with bones in their noses! Today all you have to do is go for coffee! A very poignant observation!
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10/01/2014 4:56:29 PM PDT
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Finny
(Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
To: cripplecreek
...we are one of the most adaptable species ever to live on the face of the planet. That we are! Amen! We've even got insects beat. But humans, on the other hand, have been around for about half an hour compared to the hundreds of millions of years bugs have been around, churning through two or three generations for every human year! Imagine what 200 million years looks like to a bug!
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10/01/2014 5:02:02 PM PDT
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Finny
(Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
If the oceans rise and you live on the beach, you must climb it. That’s how you deal with climb it change.I've seen seagulls do that. I guess even a birdbrain can deal with a change in climate.
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10/01/2014 5:17:52 PM PDT
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TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Survival of the smartest?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
.... 
?
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10/01/2014 6:19:23 PM PDT
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mikrofon
(The Eternal Q)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
If true, then how does this explain the existence of democrats?
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10/01/2014 8:28:46 PM PDT
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Gator113
( Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Mike Lee speak for me, most everyone else is just noise.)
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