HEIDELBERG MAN LINKS HUMANS, NEANDERTHALS

Snoutport

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Wed May-04-11 09:40 PM
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HEIDELBERG MAN LINKS HUMANS, NEANDERTHALS

Source: Discovery

Previously, this 400,000-year-old fossil was thought to represent a new species of human, Homo cepranensis. The latest study, however, identifies Ceprano as being an archaic member of Homo heidelbergensis.

Read more: http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/humans-neanderthals-heidelberg-man-110504.html

On the first day he created the earth, then some heidelbergensis, then the sun and some other stuff....then he wrote the Bible and disappeared.

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FarLeftFist

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Wed May-04-11 09:59 PM
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1. Wendy Wright just shat herself. n/t

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No Elephants

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Thu May-05-11 01:53 AM
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8. Just read her wiki, but I don't get your reference

Learned something, tho: Someone thinks having sung back up for Wayne Brady is worth mentioning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Wright

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Piltdown13

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Wed May-04-11 10:00 PM
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2. Not really much of a surprise.

Though it is nice to get the Ceprano fossils firmly ensconced in a commonly-used taxon!

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provis99

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Wed May-04-11 10:20 PM
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3. I'd be flattered to be descended from Neanderthals.

Sounds like they had bigger brains than cro-Magnons, and a more peaceful, spiritual lifestyle.

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Piltdown13

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Wed May-04-11 10:26 PM
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4. I don't know about the more peaceful part...

But if you're of European descent, the latest estimates are that up to 4% of your genes come from Neandertals!

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greyl

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Wed May-04-11 10:43 PM
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5. Funny, because Neanderthals ARE human. (headline should be "modern humans".

This is how bad Geico commercials get started!

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jtuck004

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Wed May-04-11 11:02 PM
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6. And after he created Homo heidelbergensis they created beer.

You've come a long, long way baby.

You may scoff, but look here. Not that far down the family tree, eh?

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Vehl

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Thu May-05-11 01:28 AM
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7. This is the work of the devil :D

to test the faith of the humans! dont fall for it :evilgrin:

btw , kudos to the scientists who discovered this

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Javaman

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Thu May-05-11 08:00 AM
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9. Meh, a simple trip to the last GOP convention would have confirmed this. nt

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