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Good, cautionary, post. Yes, all these finds are important, but I remember reading that a lot of supposed different hominid lines were being considered as different types within the same species, just as some different 'species' of dinosaurs were being considered juveniles of other known species. It could be that these end up in one of the lines we know.
But then the burial in itself is significant, whatever hominid line we have and, after all, punctuated equilibrium (periods of stable existence of species punctuated by sudden adjustments to changed conditions) is probably transitional "micro" evolution (I have a hunch the term could become quite useful ) within a broadly homogeneous hominid species.
Oh, the fundies should go nuts now explaining this one.
I wonder if some on this board are waiting for the Slick answer? Go ahead, send CARM the link so he can come up with some boilerplate you can copy/paste here.
Maybe it's because we've seen so many hoaxes perpetrated from a single tooth (Nebraska Man -- and the tooth was from a pig, no less), or even 2 fossils stuck together to try to "create" a new species. Lucy, Java Man, Piltdown man, etc. We've seen all kinds of supposedly missing links end up being nonsense.
Maybe it's because we've seen so many hoaxes perpetrated from a single tooth (Nebraska Man -- and the tooth was from a pig, no less), or even 2 fossils stuck together to try to "create" a new species. Lucy, Java Man, Piltdown man, etc. We've seen all kinds of supposedly missing links end up being nonsense.
We are just like animals (as a whole) the first time we feel threatened our primal response is war...
Yet we are the only species who struggles with moral conflicts. Why is that? Why doesn't other animal species seek to transcend or evolve from their normal behaviors? Nope, a goat in the year 2015 acts the exact same way as a goat from 2050 BC.
Yet we are the only species who struggles with moral conflicts. Why is that? Why doesn't other animal species seek to transcend or evolve from their normal behaviors? Nope, a goat in the year 2015 acts the exact same way as a goat from 2050 BC.
We don't know.
Therefore, God did it.
Right?
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) within a broadly homogeneous hominid species.
