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Palaeontology

Early humans very similar to ourselves

By T.K. Randall
February 16, 2011 · Comment icon 13 comments

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Archaeologist John Shea has made the case that the earliest humans were very similar to modern humans.
The research is based off of the idea that searching for evidence of 'behavioral modernity' in early man is not the correct approach and that instead a 'behavioral variability' should be researched pertaining to the behaviour of all living things.
Shea tested the hypothesis that there were differences in behavioral variability between earlier and later Homo sapiens using stone tool evidence dating to between 250,000- 6000 years ago in eastern Africa.


Source: Science Daily | Comments (13)




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Comment icon #4 Posted by Twinkle Arora is back 13 years ago
...some more than others lol? Short heavy built people are climatized to cold weather, and typically found there. You cant look at a short person and tell me they are that way because of neanderthal inbreeding. Considering our ancestors probably developed from african lines (Our african ancestors have a large genetic diversity (hence alleviating somewhat the hazards of inbreeding). You cant judge physical appearance right now to say who has neanderthal genes...because its a reflection of adaptation to environment ...not likeness to past genes. Cold climates have short stocky builds, hot climat... [More]
Comment icon #5 Posted by Drayno 13 years ago
The Ubaid Period in Sumer started more than five-thousand years before Christ. The entire civilization of Sumer had advanced agriculture, written language, and social structure. But they are not so different than us. As social animals, Homo Sapiens - just like Hominin's, interact verbally. Originally as grunts, through time, our language has changed drastically. As social interaction as a trait developed, grunts were categorized positively and negatively. The opposing Hominidae would react accordingly - somewhat subjectively, indicating that individualism is linked to early social responses. W... [More]
Comment icon #6 Posted by marcos anthony toledo 13 years ago
The Neanderthals are still with us they were as smart and adaptive as us there have been many pandemics that have many human communities screwing are search for who is in are gene pool so don't rule the Neanderthals out of our tree of ancestors yet.
Comment icon #7 Posted by xXHellkittiesXx 13 years ago
I'm just like an early human
Comment icon #8 Posted by Evilution13 13 years ago
I think of all life forms as being related. We all share a common relative.
Comment icon #9 Posted by angi chiesa 13 years ago
I think of all life forms as being related. We all share a common relative. Good on you,evilution.Of course all animals have to share a common ancetry. On before that we all came from some slime. Ok not may religions would agree ,but well I say no more.
Comment icon #10 Posted by angi chiesa 13 years ago
Boe,I dont go along with hot climates breeds tall folk. Come to ever hot Thailand,where I live and there are many short and broad Thai boys and girls. Short legs are very noticable.
Comment icon #11 Posted by angi chiesa 13 years ago
Twinkle,I have a theory,caste in concrete that we are the result of an ALIEN Invasion 60,000 years ago. 50,000YRS ago after settling in warm Africa,many of these BLACK aliens escaped to spread all over the world. So you write the book and get a fuzzy photo of a 60,000yr old mobile phone get rich and famous.
Comment icon #12 Posted by torf 13 years ago
So early humans looked like humans of today? Really. Overweight? Sweaty? Hurrying about, being rude? Facinating.
Comment icon #13 Posted by :PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: 13 years ago
Twinkle,I have a theory,caste in concrete that we are the result of an ALIEN Invasion 60,000 years ago. 50,000YRS ago after settling in warm Africa,many of these BLACK aliens escaped to spread all over the world. So you write the book and get a fuzzy photo of a 60,000yr old mobile phone get rich and famous. Apparently, this formula works wonders for becoming an authoritative person in the field of Bigfoot.


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