Georgia fossil suggests key stage of human evolution was in Europe [not Africa]

The Times ^ | 9/9/2009 | Mark Henderson

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"The PC crowd will not allow any notion that a primitive relative left Africa, then evolved into "the more upright, advanced species in Eurasia."

It just needs to be packaged correctly:

1. Some humans moved north.
2. They happened to start walking upright.
3. Being the imperialistic bastards that they were, they went down south to exploit and lord themselves over those who decided to stay south and low to the ground.

We need to give every African and African descendent a fire pit, a wheel, and a good set of spear points as compensation for this travesty of justice.

[spodefly]

He added that there were intriguing similarities between the Dmanisi fossils and the more recent hominins recently discovered at Flores in Indonesia — the diminutive species Homo floresiensis and nicknamed “hobbits”. “The possibility exists the primary dispersal gave rise to the Dmanisi fossils and the hobbits,” Professor Stringer said.

I would be willing to speculate that the hobbit population eventually evolved into the Gnomes, although I am sure Gnomes will balk at this idea.

[SunkenCiv]

:’) oooh... now I’ve got Tommy Bolin’s “Savannah Woman” running through my mind’s ear...