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Study: Humans Almost Went Extinct 70,000 Years Ago
Fox News ^
| Thursday, April 24, 2008
| AP
Posted on 04/24/2008 12:07:36 PM PDT by Sopater
WASHINGTON Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests.
The human population at that time was reduced to small isolated groups in Africa, apparently because of drought, according to an analysis released Thursday.
The report notes that a separate study by researchers at Stanford University estimated the number of early humans may have shrunk as low as 2,000 before numbers began to expand again in the early Stone Age.
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To: Sopater
Human beings may have had a brush with extinction 70,000 years ago, an extensive genetic study suggests. No, the flood was just a bit less than 4,000 years ago. Idiot journalist can't even do simple arithmetic. Must have gone to a NYC public school.
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posted on
04/24/2008 1:53:19 PM PDT
by
deuteronlmy232
(Wanna win the war? Read 1 Samuel thru 2 Chronicles. Killem all let GOD sortem out.)
To: Sopater
glad i wasnt alive to hear this on the MSM then
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posted on
04/24/2008 1:58:12 PM PDT
by
Dominic01
(Bush is the man of the hour...of the day...for life)
To: muleskinner
less hair == more likely to die due to exposure to cold or to heat.
living-near-the-litoral == more fish protein for brain development
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posted on
04/24/2008 2:19:33 PM PDT
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
To: chilepepper
"living-near-the-litoral == more fish"
There's a joke in there somewhere. C if you can find it.
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posted on
04/24/2008 2:35:44 PM PDT
by
rednesss
(Fred Thompson - 2008)
To: stuartcr
Thats why we learned how to make nukes... Its back to basics after a nuclear war, crawling out of the ashes and all.
I suspect the human race has risen and fallen numerous times, especially once his toys are too big for his britches.
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posted on
04/24/2008 6:19:09 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; BenLurkin; Berosus; ..
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04/24/2008 11:14:21 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Little Bill; blam; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 49th; ...
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posted on
04/24/2008 11:16:35 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/24/2008 11:19:10 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/24/2008 11:19:51 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: GingisK
“A little setback now and then tends to cull the herd. Were overdue.”
Bingo.
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posted on
04/25/2008 3:57:29 AM PDT
by
roaddog727
(BS does not get bridges built - the funk you see is the funk you do)
To: SunkenCiv
There were no humans 70,000 years ago.
Even by the reckoning of "science" the first humans did not appear until 40,000 years ago with the first homo sapiens sapiens.
To: Sopater
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posted on
04/25/2008 5:56:05 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(Boycott Genocide. Boycott the Olympics.)
To: Sopater
That’s okay, the aliens would have come back and re-seeded the planet.
To: Sopater
"Also about 4,500 years ago because of flooding."...caused by global warming making the glaciers melt.
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posted on
04/25/2008 5:59:32 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(Boycott Genocide. Boycott the Olympics.)
To: NaughtiusMaximus
"It was the SUVs; (vide Flintstones)."Yes, let's not forget the Flintstones and their EEEEVEEEL SUVs.
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posted on
04/25/2008 6:02:42 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(Boycott Genocide. Boycott the Olympics.)
To: GingisK
For whatever His reasons are, I believe it’s all in God’s plan.
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posted on
04/25/2008 6:03:51 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
To: pepsionice
"This was caused during global warming, version 1.0."More like 2.0. There were probably two previous ice ages before the last one, beginning at the end of the Cambrian and occurring about every 200,000,000 (that's 200 million, for you "progressive lurkers) years. These were alternated with Global Warming 1.0 and 1.2.
Nowadays, we're probably up to Global Warming SE.
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posted on
04/25/2008 6:29:52 AM PDT
by
cake_crumb
(Boycott Genocide. Boycott the Olympics.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/25/2008 8:55:37 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: ricks_place
Massive Flintstone mobile induced global warming!LOL Yaba daba dooooo!
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posted on
04/25/2008 9:22:23 AM PDT
by
NaughtiusMaximus
(Bible toting, bitter and armed with slashing sarcasm.)
To: ricks_place; weegee
Massive Flintstone mobile induced global warming! No, it was Brontoburger-induced flatulence that caused prehistoric climate change.
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posted on
04/25/2008 9:33:09 AM PDT
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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