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To: onedoug
Yup. Anatomically modern humans date back to about 45,000 years ago. Before that there were Neanderthals and other relatives.

Neanderthal Brain Size at Birth Sheds Light on Human Evolution

September 8, 2008, National Geographic

"Three-dimensional computer-assisted reconstructions of Neanderthal infants based on fossils found in Russia and Syria suggests that our closest human relatives had brains as large as ours at birth and larger than ours as adults."

47 posted on 04/10/2010 9:02:06 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Rockingham

My mistake, as I thought you were asserting a much earlier period.


48 posted on 04/10/2010 2:08:56 PM PDT by onedoug
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