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"Out of Africa" Theory Called Into Question By Originator
Amiga Trombone writes "Christopher Stringer is one of the world's foremost paleoanthropologists. He is a founder and most powerful advocate of the leading theory concerning our evolution: Recent African Origin or 'Out of Africa.' He now calls the theory into question: 'I'm thinking a lot about species concepts as applied to humans, about the "Out of Africa" model, and also looking back into Africa itself. I think the idea that modern humans originated in Africa is still a sound concept. Behaviorally and physically, we began our story there, but I've come around to thinking that it wasn't a simple origin. Twenty years ago, I would have argued that our species evolved in one place, maybe in East Africa or South Africa. There was a period of time in just one place where a small population of humans became modern, physically and behaviourally. Isolated and perhaps stressed by climate change, this drove a rapid and punctuational origin for our species. Now I don't think it was that simple, either within or outside of Africa.'"
on humans and it showed them coming in on space ships.
by TheSpoom (715771) Uncaring Linux user here. I have nothing to add to this but please continue. *munches popcorn*
And on the third day, god created the Remington bolt action rifle, so that man could fight the dinosaurs. And the homosexuals.
Amen.
My guess is that Slashdot editors evolved from a completely different species of proto-human with limited cognitive capacity due to their thick brows and heavy, bony skull plates, which constrained the growth of their brains. This explains many things about their inability to create a useful headline, or edit a summary properly - it's like "infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters," but with way less quality control.
They believe all of humanity came from Adam and Eve, a couple of thousand years ago.
And that the Garden of Eden is somewhere north of Amarillo.
Right, that's Miss Eden's cathouse just off the interstate about 5 miles north of Armadillo.