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1 posted on 03/21/2002 7:04:27 AM PST by RoughDobermann
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A million-year-old skull found in Ethiopia confirms the theory

That entire phrase is so un-scientific it's pathetic. Never does one single piece of evidence confirm an entire theory.
2 posted on 03/21/2002 7:07:31 AM PST by jurisdog
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Susan Anton, a Rutgers University anthropologist.

I'd wondered what happened to her. Guess the Vegas gig didn't pan out.

3 posted on 03/21/2002 7:10:22 AM PST by CaptRon
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A million-year-old skull found in Ethiopia confirms the theory ...
They said the find helps prove that Homo erectus originated in Africa and persisted there for...

Only the insane and the ignorant are ever certain of anything.
It is tedious to keep reading quotes from these "scientists" without a life who claim "proof" of the unproveable every few months.

First of all the basic question can never and will never be proven.
Events of 1 or 2 million years ago simply have not left enough evidence evenly distributed across the world and accessible uniformly. That's just the nature of the problem.
The pathological "P.C." obsession with "proving" Africa is the origin of everything (a setup for "reparations"? LOL) is getting very tired. That horse is mush already...

If we originated from a single source or several, or from Antarctica or Cucamonga... is irrelevant.
Let's just continue to gather knowledge for academics' sake and get rid of the "proves" obsession.
This "proves" nothing. It is an interesting brick in the wall of knowledge; nothing more and nothing less.

5 posted on 03/21/2002 7:17:47 AM PST by Publius6961
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confirms the theory ... scientists say ... Most anthropologists believe ... But some scientists maintain ... Then, according to this theory ... appears to be ... helps prove that ... we think is a very misleading portrayal ... it indicates ... probably were a later branch ... but may have overlapped with ... does not resolve ... This whole species question .... not going to solve that problem.

T'AINT SCIENCE

6 posted on 03/21/2002 7:24:13 AM PST by Fithal the Wise
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Another non-existant transitional.
8 posted on 03/21/2002 7:27:13 AM PST by VadeRetro
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How is it that a single human ancestor 2 million years ago gradually populate the Earth and yet not evolve into a dozen different species?
11 posted on 03/21/2002 8:03:09 AM PST by shekkian
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To: RoughDobermann
Clearly the school system is failing, and not just in America. Neither side, however many sides there may be in the evolution debate, is presenting their proofs in a coherent fashion. Spinoza's geometrical method might be useful, but of course his proofs also fail depending on who grades his paper.
Schools Don't Provide Basic Understanding Of Evolution

A new study shows that schools and many education programs are failing to provide students with a basic understanding of evolution. It is famously difficult to explain evolutionary principles without resorting to anthropomorphic or figurative language: Evolution "selects" the fittest individuals; species "adapt" to change. Both of these phrases are commonplace when explaining the very complex processes involved in evolution. However, this use of language implies that there is an agency or cognition involved in evolution. This misunderstanding is being picked up on by students in the classroom and could form part of a wider desire to fit evolutionary theory into broad social narratives. Rob Moore and colleagues (University of Cape Town, South Africa), writing in the Spring issue of the Journal of Biological Education, call for more care in the use of language in science education. "Given the centrality of evolutionary theory to a clear foundation in biology, the widely documented difficulty that many students have in coming to terms with these concepts is of enduring concern. ... Establishing a clear conceptual grasp of evolutionary theory will need to include an enhanced sensitivity to language usage."

14 posted on 03/21/2002 8:28:48 AM PST by RightWhale
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Fossil skull fuels debate over human origin

What are "fossil skull fuels" doing debating over human origins? And who's moderating?

25 posted on 03/21/2002 9:53:10 AM PST by xm177e2
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Fossil skull fuels debate...

I guess "Fossil fuels" do contribute to global warming, with all the additional hot air the numb skulls will banter around.

46 posted on 03/21/2002 10:46:40 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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Most anthropologists believe that Homo erectus -- the species that is said to bear the first recognizable human characteristics -- emerged nearly 2 million years ago in Africa and spread across several continents to serve as an ancestor to modern man, or Homo sapiens.

That's really calling anthropologists some stupid suckers. Recent DNA studies have determined that the neanderthal cannot be an ancestor of modern man because the genetic divide is simply too great and erectus is quite obviously more distant from modern man than the neanderthal was, and I mean a LOT more distant. That's like claiming that man can't be descended from apes, therefore he must be descended directly from fish.

83 posted on 03/21/2002 12:09:43 PM PST by medved
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