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China's Earliest Modern Human Found

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-is-old-is-new dept.

The remains of one of the earliest modern humans to inhabit eastern Asia have been unearthed in China. The find could shed light on how our ancestors colonized the East. Researchers found 34 bone fragments belonging to a single individual at the Tianyuan Cave, near Beijing.

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  1. More evidence... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    fabricated by the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Such gullible people.

    1. Re:More evidence... by FyRE666 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I dispute this nonsense, since as we all know, the Earth is only a few thousand years old, not the 42,000 years old that this skellington is supposed to be!

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    2. Re:More evidence... by webdoodle · · Score: 4, Funny

      This isn't the article I submitted to Slashdot. You editors are complete assholes, its a wonder people use your site at all. Thanks you hypocrites for sending people to a worthless BBC article, and not my site.

  2. Quickly now, don't run! by cybereal · · Score: 2, Funny

    And he was lying there in the dirt only slightly longer than it took Slashdot to catch on to this news.

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  3. Modern? by FredDC · · Score: 4, Funny

    Researchers found 34 bone fragments belonging to a single individual at the Tianyuan Cave, near Beijing.

    If he's living in a cave, he can't be very "modern"...

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  4. Actually it is that old. by MarkByers · · Score: 3, Funny

    > I dispute this nonsense, since as we all know, the Earth is only a few thousand years old, not the 42,000 years old that this skellington is supposed to be!

    It really is that old. On the 8th day, god created a 40,000 year old skeleton and then buried it somewhere he knew we would find it. he does this to test our faith. god can do anything. Even impossible things or things that make no logical sense.

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    1. Re:Actually it is that old. by pzs · · Score: 1, Funny

      You're mistaking "God" for "Gödel".

      Peter

    2. Re:Actually it is that old. by Bastard+of+Subhumani · · Score: 2, Funny

      without faith God is nothing.
      Yeah, but the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, right?
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  5. Re:Other things interest me besides... by Scarletdown · · Score: 4, Funny
    I thought this Human origins question was answered back in the late 70s...

    There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe. With tribes of Humans, who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. That they may have been the architects of the great pyramids, or the lost civilizations of Lemuria or Atlantis. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of Man, who even now fight to survive...somewhere beyond the heavens.


    (Cue one of the most kick-ass scifi theme songs ever composed...)

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  6. Re:Other things interest me besides... by edwardpickman · · Score: 2, Funny

    The red headed Neaderthal theory has been around for a while but there's still no evidence genetic or physical. That said my exwife was a redhead so I personally am a true believer.

  7. Re:Meow by Bastard+of+Subhumani · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps he's simultaneously aware and not aware of it?

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