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African cousins behind extinction of Indians 70,000 years ago!
New Kerala.com & ANI ^ | 05 Nov 2005

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 latter’s 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, Petraglia’s graduate student.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biology; evolution; godsgravesglyphs; homo; homosapien; human; india; man; multiregionalism
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1 posted on 11/06/2005 1:00:34 AM PST by CarrotAndStick
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To: CarrotAndStick

Homo Heidelbergensis 400,000 years ago.

2 posted on 11/06/2005 1:03:14 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

Homo heidelbergensis
3 posted on 11/06/2005 1:03:43 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: CarrotAndStick

no more blaming white anglo-saxons??


4 posted on 11/06/2005 1:05:03 AM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: LibWhacker

Use Geico


5 posted on 11/06/2005 1:05:24 AM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: CarrotAndStick

Homo heidelbergensis

6 posted on 11/06/2005 1:06:36 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: LibWhacker

Homo Heidelbergensis?

7 posted on 11/06/2005 1:08:48 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

8 posted on 11/06/2005 1:10:32 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

Homo sapiens agenda ping!


9 posted on 11/06/2005 1:11:49 AM PST by Bodies
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To: LibWhacker
Plaster model?


10 posted on 11/06/2005 1:12:47 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick
Interesting map . . . How well did heidelbergensis get along with Neanderthal? . . . Any data on that exist?

Re: post #7...Whoa, wouldn't be surprised if they were cannibals (or is that a homo sapien?).

11 posted on 11/06/2005 1:13:44 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: GeronL

I don't getcha . . .


12 posted on 11/06/2005 1:14:17 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

Absolutely no idea. Just doing an image search on Google, and posting them here.


13 posted on 11/06/2005 1:14:59 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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Massive jawbone. Wasn't aware that these critters had been so successful.


14 posted on 11/06/2005 1:15:27 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

never mind all that. i want REPARATIONS AND I WANT THEM NOW. my ancestors have been harmed by africans. they always do us that way. sarcasm off now, unless i was a democrat of course.


15 posted on 11/06/2005 1:15:58 AM PST by son of caesar (son of caesar)
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To: LibWhacker

One funny thing from the map, even then, humans avoided the Middle East!


16 posted on 11/06/2005 1:16:43 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: CarrotAndStick
Just doing an image search on Google...

That's how I found my pic, lol.

17 posted on 11/06/2005 1:16:52 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

It's a joke only to me and a duck in mango salsa


18 posted on 11/06/2005 1:17:00 AM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: LibWhacker

can ya find me a USA map with cities?? I went through a dozen screens before I quit...


19 posted on 11/06/2005 1:17:39 AM PST by GeronL (Leftism is the INSANE Cult of the Artificial)
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To: GeronL

i don't have much of an appetite, thank you.


20 posted on 11/06/2005 1:18:46 AM PST by thefactor
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