Humans First Arose in Asia?

IZ Reloaded writes "Two archaeologists are proposing the idea that early humans first arose in Asia instead of Africa as previously thought. These early humans then migrate out of Asia to parts of the world. From National Geographic: 'The unresolved status of the intriguing Flores finds attributed to H. floresiensis leaves open the possibility that this species is the end result and last survivor of an ancient migration of very primitive humans, or even prehumans, that formerly existed more widely across Asia ... '"

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Aww yeah.

[Anonymous Coward]

Filipinos in the haus. Represent!

First post from Asia

[Anonymous Coward]

First post from Asia! Hmmm if the article is not true and we are not the first humans at lease we get the first post!!

Humans first posted to slashdot.

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, it's true!

Re:On the first day..

[drn8]

Slashdot mods wouldn't know intresting, insightfull, or entertaining if it bit them in the ass. I agree with your sentiments, but insight is lost on the small-minded clods that make up the majority of slashdot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/ (+5, informative)

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You get my drift. (-1, flamebait)

Re:good grief what will it take!

[Surt]

Thank you, I'm glad someone got it. Perhaps some other moderators will help correct the problem.

The simple truth...faith in Christ is all it takes

[Anonymous Coward]

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters...

continued...

http://bible.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible. cgi?new=1&word=Gen+1&section=0&version=nas&languag e=en

Re:On the first day..

[Idealius]

Well that's just it

Most people who reject religion aren't interested in a logical reason under your context, they want a spiritual reason, i.e. logical proof a spirit even exists, firsthand.

Re:In parallel?

[Baldrson]

if were to average all the genetics of each individual race, you would find that they are more similar to each other then difference you find between humans due to natural variation. It is pretty conclusive that humans all descend from the same few thousand people.

Likewise, if you were to average all the genetics of each individual sex, you would find that they are more similar to each other than the difference you find between members of the same sex due to natural variation. It is pretty conclusive that there are no significant gender differences.

Indeed, virtually any taxonomy you choose within a species will come up with similar statements and that includes subspecies which are considered distinct enough to deserve special protection as endangered.