They're in Georgia of all places (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/sci-tech/skull-18-million-years-old-may-rewrite-human-evolution-after-being-found-in-dmanisi-georgia/story-fni0c0qs-1226742076449)
Gotta be his cousins. No one else is that old...
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A WELL-PRESERVED skull from 1.8 million years ago offers new evidence that early man was a single species with a vast array of different looks.
With a tiny brain about a third the size of a modern human's, protruding brows and jutting jaws like an ape, the skull was found in the remains of a medieval hilltop city in Dmanisi, Georgia, said the study in the journal Science.
It is one of five early human skulls - four of which have jaws - found so far at the site, about 100 kilometres from the capital Tbilisi, along with stone tools that hint at butchery and the bones of big, saber-toothed cats.
Lead researcher David Lordkipanidze, director of the Georgian National Museum, described the group as "the richest and most complete collection of indisputable early Homo remains from any one site.''
The skulls vary so much in appearance that under other circumstances, they might have been considered different species, said co-author Christoph Zollikofer of the University of Zurich.
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With a tiny brain about a third the size of a modern human's,
...must....
........resist........
.......comment..........
And here I thought Brant was talking about the Georgia that's next to Alabama, the one with the peaches...
Quote from: LongBlade on October 21, 2013, 11:18:21 AM
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With a tiny brain about a third the size of a modern human's,
...must....
........resist........
.......comment..........
you are the better man in this regard LB
(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.histomin.com%2Flinermi%2Fmprm5098.jpg&hash=6f45d11f6083aa4ce625d338eb381b89ae4532db)
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 21, 2013, 10:54:18 AM
They're in Georgia of all places (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/sci-tech/skull-18-million-years-old-may-rewrite-human-evolution-after-being-found-in-dmanisi-georgia/story-fni0c0qs-1226742076449)
Gotta be his cousins. No one else is that old...
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A WELL-PRESERVED skull from 1.8 million years ago offers new evidence that early man was a single species with a vast array of different looks.
With a tiny brain about a third the size of a modern human's, protruding brows and jutting jaws like an ape, the skull was found in the remains of a medieval hilltop city in Dmanisi, Georgia, said the study in the journal Science.
It is one of five early human skulls - four of which have jaws - found so far at the site, about 100 kilometres from the capital Tbilisi, along with stone tools that hint at butchery and the bones of big, saber-toothed cats.
Lead researcher David Lordkipanidze, director of the Georgian National Museum, described the group as "the richest and most complete collection of indisputable early Homo remains from any one site.''
The skulls vary so much in appearance that under other circumstances, they might have been considered different species, said co-author Christoph Zollikofer of the University of Zurich.
I would wait for more accurate dating of the skulls... if authentic. 1.8 million years ago the African fossil record at the time showed as being more ape/chimp like
and it may, or may not have been, colder or warmer.
galactic scales are odd like that.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on October 21, 2013, 11:55:50 PM
and it may, or may not have been, colder or warmer.
galactic scales are odd like that.
well hell, billions of years ago it was -276 Celsius everywhere
Quote from: Staggerwing on October 21, 2013, 09:10:15 PMAnd here I thought Brant was talking about the Georgia that's next to Alabama, the one with the peaches...
Spartanburg County, SC by itself produces more peaches than the entire state of Georgia.
I'm talking edible peaches, people.
No, the soft and fuzzy kind.
C'mon now, the moist, pink ones.
Oh forget it.
(seriously, South Carolina produces more peaches (http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130711/PC1610/130719925) than Georgia)