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Oldest Modern Humans Found
DrLudicrous writes "Anthropologists have reconstructed and dated three skulls from Ethiopia that they believe to be the oldest anatomically modern human skulls in existance. They date to 160,000 years ago, in agreement with genetic studies that pin the arrival of modern humans to at least 150,000 years ago. The skulls also demonstrate evidence of ritual burial." UC Berkeley has the original release as well.
And the talk.origins people are of course known for their intellectual honesty and complete lack of bias.
Food not Bombs is a nice platitude but it breaks down when you notice that the Bombees are usually well fed
Really? I always thought Jesus was a hispanic guy with a crowbar who stole hubcaps from cars?!?
BHG! =P
This new discovery might be a proof that the Christian Religion has some false beliefs.
According to this new discovery, now we have definite proof that the Homo sapiens and the Homo neanderthalensis co-existed in some time period
Now,consider this:
1.It has already been prooved that Homo neanderthalensis was a sentient being with advanced culture and rituals
2.If Homo neanderthalensis was an ancestor of Homo Sapiens then this was consistant to christianic beliefs. That is because someone could assume that The Creation formed Adam and Eve as Homo neanderthalensis and then their ancestors evolved into Homo Sapiens.
3.Now that we have proof that the Homo neanderthalensis and Homo Sapiens were completely different lifeforms, not related to each other we have to conclude that either:
A. During 'The Creation' God gave sentient life to two different kinds of species, but in the bible we have records only for our species
B. Bible is wrong in some parts
Please consider before you flame me that I am not an atheist. On the contrary, I consider my self as a Christian, but I think we have the right to question some parts of the bible in the light of modern scientific discoveries