Ancient Human Fossils Show Women Much Smaller

Reuters ^ | 8-9-2007

[blam]

GGG Ping.

[Abathar]

So they were smaller. How about if scientists answer the really big questions for us, like did they talk as much then as they do now?

[ari-freedom]

Man.

[mewzilla]

...eam of Kenyan scientists said they were surprised to find that early female hominids were much smaller than males.

The skull was the first discovery of a female Homo erectus.

Kinda assuming a lot from one specimen, ain't they?

[dragonblustar]

Women have come a long way.....

[Hail Spode]

How are those “human” skulls? Looks like the meat of the article implies they were surprisingly far from human. Who says they are “human”, Ken Ham?

[Beagle8U]

“Ancient human fossils show women much smaller”

The good old days.

[Hacklehead]

“This sexual dimorphism is considered a primitive character because it occurs in other apes,” she said, standing in front of the bones at Kenya’s National Museum.”

The ignorance of some current “scientists” is amazing. In a physical anthropology course I took 30 YEARS AGO, we learned that the males of all species of apes (including humans)are larger than the female. For someone working in the field of human archaeology to think that this size difference is a new discovery is unbelievable.

[mewzilla]

...we learned that the males of all species of apes (including humans)are larger than the female.

Not this one...

:)

[ZinGirl]

the sexual behavior of Homo erectus was more like that of apes, where individuals, especially males, mate with several partners, sometimes in a few hours,

hmmmmm.....this is NEWS? crikey....big DUH alert. some things never change. difference now is it's called 'college' (or 'party' or whatever...).

(snort)

[evets]

I evolved from gophers.

[CholeraJoe]

“Ancient human fossils show women much smaller”

Now if they were only toothless and had flat heads to rest your beer on...

[lakeman]

They were certainly easier to drag back to the cave.

[mewzilla]

LOL. I’m a robustus.

[BlazingArizona]

Ancient human fossils show women much smaller

...then chocolate was invented.

[pabianice]

I expect evidence to soon be discovered showing that Homo erectus did not create and use fire, but rather, that contemporary habilis descendents were the fire users and the ones that ate erectus for dinner.

[ConservaTexan]

Now if they were only toothless and had flat heads to rest your beer on...

...and all owned liquor stores...

[vetsvette]

“Ancient Human Fossils Show Women Much Smaller”

I’ve always suspected that Barbara Boxer is a throwback.

[evets]

Evolution at work