500,000 year old cranium found at Atapuerca, Burgos

Typically Spanish ^ | July 28, 2010 | h.b.

[colorado tanker]

Ain't that poor Yorick, there??

[ZULU]

Please. This material is fascinating. Don’t let the idiotic comments stop you from posting this material.

Homo antecessor is very interesting from the Neanderthal/Homo sapiens perspective.

I wonder if a complete or nearly complete skeleton has ever been found?

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

Homo Auntie Scissors sounds pretty scary anyway.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, that reminds me...

The Neandertal Enigma
by James Shreeve
in local libraries

Frayer's own reading of the record reveals a number of overlooked traits that clearly and specifically link the Neandertals to the Cro-Magnons. One such trait is the shape of the opening of the nerve canal in the lower jaw, a spot where dentists often give a pain-blocking injection. In many Neandertal, the upper portion of the opening is covered by a broad bony ridge, a curious feature also carried by a significant number of Cro-Magnons. But none of the alleged 'ancestors of us all' fossils from Africa have it, and it is extremely rare in modern people outside Europe." [pp 126-127]

[SunkenCiv]

Maybe, assuming Charles Manson was stalking people even then.

[SunkenCiv]

I’m just relieved it wasn’t a picture of you-know-who.

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[SunkenCiv]

As you noted elsewhere, pretty much a run-of-the-mill FR thread. ;’)

[SunkenCiv]

Okay, so, TinyPic kinda sucks lately.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks ZULU for the kind remarks!

Usually the larger, tougher bones survive as fossils, and the more gracile ones (hands, feet, hyoid bones) are rarer.

[TheOldLady]

*snort* [giggle]

[colorado tanker]

pretty much a run-of-the-mill FR thread. ;’)

LOL!

[SunkenCiv]

“Trouble at the run of the mill!”

“What kind of trouble?”

“I don’t know, there was trouble, that’s all. I didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition.”

{boom!}

“Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!”