New type of ancient human discovered in Israel
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Re: New type of ancient human discovered in Israel
#2Since these people’s activity in the area predates any other known settlement, I guess the Israeli government has no choice but to grant citizenship to any descendants of the pre-Neanderthal diaspora automatically.
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#3> It all started in Israel. We suggest that a local group was the source population," she told BBC News. "During interglacial periods, waves of humans, the Nesher Ramla people, migrated from the Middle East to Europe
Hm, how convenient for people who claim they have divine rights to the land. Odd racial superiority vibes here.
Re: New type of ancient human discovered in Israel
#4> It all started in Israel. We suggest that a local group was the source population," she told BBC News. "During interglacial periods, waves of humans, the Nesher Ramla people, migrated from the Middle East to Europe Hm, how convenient for people who claim they have divine rights to the land. Odd racial superiority vibes here.
Yeah, that was ridiculously racist! Let's get her cancelled!
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#5We'll see if the inflation in ancient human species stands up to scrutiny.
Here's a great TED Talk about dinosaur species being mistakenly identified because 'scientists have egos': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQa11RMCeSI&t=102s (well worth a watch, it's a great story)
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#6We'll see if the inflation in ancient human species stands up to scrutiny. Here's a great TED Talk about dinosaur species being mistakenly identified because 'scientists have egos': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQa11RMCeSI&t=102s (well worth a watch, it's a great story)
I thought a big part of that was that birds have big variation between juveniles and adults, something that mammalians have less of... (let alone primates)
Looking at a time when multiple hominid groups lived in relative isolation over large spans of time, admittedly without expert knowledge, it seems to make sense to me that there would be quite a bit of variation of "species" (though I also suspect the various species are more alike than most breeds of dogs...)
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#7> It all started in Israel. We suggest that a local group was the source population," she told BBC News. "During interglacial periods, waves of humans, the Nesher Ramla people, migrated from the Middle East to Europe Hm, how convenient for people who claim they have divine rights to the land. Odd racial superiority vibes here.
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Re: New type of ancient human discovered in Israel
#8> It all started in Israel. We suggest that a local group was the source population," she told BBC News. "During interglacial periods, waves of humans, the Nesher Ramla people, migrated from the Middle East to Europe Hm, how convenient for people who claim they have divine rights to the land. Odd racial superiority vibes here.
I’m sorry are you saying her claim that Neanderthals’ ancestors originated in Israel has something to do with a religion that started hundreds of thousands of years later? Because I just don’t see the connection.
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#9Nesher largely occupies the site of the Palestinian village Balad Al-Sheikh which was depopulated in 1948.
So Balad Al-Sheikh Ramla, maybe?
Re: New type of ancient human discovered in Israel
#10We'll see if the inflation in ancient human species stands up to scrutiny. Here's a great TED Talk about dinosaur species being mistakenly identified because 'scientists have egos': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQa11RMCeSI&t=102s (well worth a watch, it's a great story)
I thought a big part of that was that birds have big variation between juveniles and adults, something that mammalians have less of... (let alone primates) Looking at a time when multiple hominid groups lived in relative isolation over large spans of time, admittedly without expert knowledge, it seems to make sense to me that there would be quite a bit of variation of "species" (though I also suspect the various spec…
> I thought a big part of that was that birds have big variation between juveniles and adults, something that mammalians have less of...
You should see what insects do. It just isn't possible, using fossil records alone, to identify whether two insects belong to the same or different species.