Re: Homo Erectus Traits in Hss

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:48:43 -0000, in sci.archaeology, J.LyonLayden
wrote:

I know you've probably all have already seen this and run it through
the gauntlet, but I'm curious.

What is the mainstream rebuttal to this anomoly?


http://hometown.aol.com/canovanogram/index.html

First, it's badly researched.
eg the author says:
"(2.) Prehistoric cave paintings have been discovered at Australia?s
Jinmium . Some tests indicate they might be 120,000 years old. Australia
had previously been thought to be inhabited by humans for perhaps 40,000
years. "
Which means he did no research on Jinmium once he read that.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/05/980527184936.htm
May 29, 1998
More on:
Fossils, Ancient Civilizations, Origin of Life, Lost Treasures,
Anthropology, Human Evolution
Tests Reveal True Age Of Controversial Jinmium Aboriginal Rock Shelter

Science Daily ? Tests by Australian scientists using world-leading dating
technology have revealed the controversial Jinmium aboriginal rock shelter
in the Northern Territory is less than ten thousand years old, the
international science journal Nature announced today.

He also writes:
"New regional testing of human mitochondrial DNA has indicated that the
oldest sequences or versions of the human gene are coming out of Asia and
Australia (not Africa as expected) with dates of 200,000 years ago."

No references of course so I don't know why he thought that in 2002.
Here is Athena Review on the subject, about the same date he wrote:
http://www.athenapub.com/outafr3.htm

I can't comment much on the Pintubi skull other than to say I'd prefer
genetic evidence.

Doug
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