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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. Re:Actually it is that old. by mapkinase · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Dawkins is an arrogant media-hungry loser of science. I have seen similar figures in my field: computational biology. It has nothing to do with religion or anything else. Some people just want to flamebait on- and off-line.

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  2. Re:Actually it is that old. by Lord+Ender · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Richard Swinburne, the foremost living philosopher of religion
    No - the foremost living philosopher of religion is Richard Dawkins
    Actually, Daniel Dennett is probably the best mind in the field today.
    He proposes many scientific tests for analyzing the propagation, benefits, and costs of religious ideas. He thinks memetics and evolutionary psychology provide the best way of understanding the state of religions.

    He is also an atheist, and believes religion is in its death-throes in modern society.

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