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Scientists find 7.2M-year-old pre-human remains in the Balkans

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Re: Scientists find 7.2M-year-old pre-human remains in the Balkans

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What is up with the resurgence of euro-pride among young white guys? I'm genuinely curious were it's coming from, it definitely feels like a new phenomenon in the last 2-3 years.

It's push back against the toxic strands of SJW culture that have gone from "diversity is good" to "white culure is bad".

It's a small but very vocal branch of SJWs against a small and very vocal branch of counter SJWs, but both sides of it are in a meme war (using the scientific definition of meme: a mechanism to transfer ideas and culture) and the effects of their culture clashes are large enough for you and I to notice.

Re: Scientists find 7.2M-year-old pre-human remains in the Balkans

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The title is misleading (as written on HN) because the meaning of "hominim" is more to do with what we, humans, and other hominim (like neanderthals etc) evolved from. See linked chart: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yEUEavwMSCE/ULtMp3e_cVI/AAAAAAAAAD... This isn't our specific species but rather whatever we and similar species evolved from. I'm absolutely no expert on the subject. I actually find the title offensive if I…

I just upvoted the article for unearthing more hominim, no need for an ad hominem.

Re: Scientists find 7.2M-year-old pre-human remains in the Balkans

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I'm not remotely an anthropologist, but my very-simple take on this is that it has no impact on the out-of-africa hypothesis which happened relatively recently (~60k years ago) -- this just suggests that ~7mm years ago, earlier human hominids were found in Europe. (think, maybe Lucy's ancestors came from Bulgaria. or had a dead family tree which lived in Bulgaria.)

7m years ago there already was Bulgaria? Didn't know!

Re: Scientists find 7.2M-year-old pre-human remains in the Balkans

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Civilization happened long after humans came about

Good point. I didn't think through this terribly much to be honest.

Easy mistake to make, there is a reason they call it 'pre-history' :-)

Re: Scientists find 7.2M-year-old pre-human remains in the Balkans

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What is up with the resurgence of euro-pride among young white guys? I'm genuinely curious were it's coming from, it definitely feels like a new phenomenon in the last 2-3 years.

Where are you seeing it now? Doesn't seem to be any in these comments or in TFA.

Re: Scientists find 7.2M-year-old pre-human remains in the Balkans

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I'm not remotely an anthropologist, but my very-simple take on this is that it has no impact on the out-of-africa hypothesis which happened relatively recently (~60k years ago) -- this just suggests that ~7mm years ago, earlier human hominids were found in Europe. (think, maybe Lucy's ancestors came from Bulgaria. or had a dead family tree which lived in Bulgaria.)

Rather than disputing the out of Africa theory, it seems to propose an earlier "into africa" stage. It may lend some credence to the multi-regional hypothesis though.

Re: Scientists find 7.2M-year-old pre-human remains in the Balkans

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The title is misleading (as written on HN) because the meaning of "hominim" is more to do with what we, humans, and other hominim (like neanderthals etc) evolved from. See linked chart: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yEUEavwMSCE/ULtMp3e_cVI/AAAAAAAAAD... This isn't our specific species but rather whatever we and similar species evolved from. I'm absolutely no expert on the subject. I actually find the title offensive if I…

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Re: Scientists find 7.2M-year-old pre-human remains in the Balkans

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The title is misleading (as written on HN) because the meaning of "hominim" is more to do with what we, humans, and other hominim (like neanderthals etc) evolved from. See linked chart: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yEUEavwMSCE/ULtMp3e_cVI/AAAAAAAAAD... This isn't our specific species but rather whatever we and similar species evolved from. I'm absolutely no expert on the subject. I actually find the title offensive if I…

I just upvoted the article for unearthing more hominim, no need for an ad hominem.

I don't see how the article being incorrectly titled is ad hominem. It does appear to reflect the world view as opposed to the science within the article.

Can you please explain further or qualify your statement so that I can learn. As I said in my comment I'm happy to be wrong but you provided nothing. I'd say your comment as it stands is ad hominem if anything.

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