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Dude
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 Posted - 02/17/2005 : 11:15:47
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Fossil evidence that supports the genetic evidence of the age of H. sapiens at about 200,000 years.
Pretty cool.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6976946/
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beskeptigal
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Posted - 02/17/2005 : 11:59:28 [Permalink]
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From the article: quote:
Genetic studies estimate that Homo sapiens arose about 200,000 years ago, so the new research brings the fossil record more in line with that, said John Fleagle of Stony Brook University in New York, an author of the study.
I like the way they put it or at least the way they got the paraphrase or quote right. The genetic evidence is assumed to be the standard. |
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BigPapaSmurf
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Posted - 02/22/2005 : 13:57:44 [Permalink]
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| Another example of how science polices itself and how far dating methods have come in 40 years. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 02/22/2005 : 17:17:32 [Permalink]
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Excellent!
It will be interesting to see what the "opposing viewpoint" has to say about it.
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