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Bones discovered could reveal behaviour of extinct relatives
Telegraph ^ | Friday, October 10, 2014 | Leon Siciliano

Posted on 10/11/2014 9:09:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Pre neanderthal bones 200,000 years old have been discovered on a building site, and could shed light on every day behaviour of our extinct relatives

It is thought that these pre neanderthal bones could shed light on the everyday behaviour of our closest extinct relative.

They were discovered in Northern France by chance on a building site and it is though the arm bones could be as much as 200,000 years old.

It is a rare find, only 12 other sites in Europe have discovered such significant archeological remains. The bones are of particular scientific interest because they hint at the behaviour of our neanderthal ancestors.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: france; godsgravesglyphs; neandertal; neandertals; neanderthal; neanderthals
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To: RegulatorCountry; truth_seeker

I SEE THE PROBLEM. It was a typo.

Here is the correct statement:

“If there were world-wide floods that wiped out most life on Earth, then it isn’t UNlikely that we are ancestors of the non-survivors.”


21 posted on 10/11/2014 11:04:34 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: tumblindice

See post 21.


22 posted on 10/11/2014 11:05:34 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2

We can’t be ancestors of the non-survivors because that was then and this is now. People descend from their ancestors.


23 posted on 10/11/2014 11:06:18 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

Farmer Brown and farmer White hate one another with a white-hot fury.
A fence divides the farmers’ farms.
A rooster, just passing through, roosts on the fence and lays an egg which balances perfectly on the fence, one-half on each side.
Who gets the egg?

That’s right. The survivor.


24 posted on 10/11/2014 11:07:49 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: tumblindice

Since when could a rooster lay an egg ?


25 posted on 10/11/2014 11:10:48 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: tumblindice

I’d be more worried about who gets the rooster with a balancing act that lays eggs, lol. Sounds like there might be money in that.


26 posted on 10/11/2014 11:12:18 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: UCANSEE2

Since when can we be the ancestors of people who died thousands of years ago? We can be their descendants. We can’t be their ancestors unless time travel is involved.


27 posted on 10/11/2014 11:13:39 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry
People descend from their ancestors.

And descend we have. I think we are actually getting lower on the evolutionary curve.

28 posted on 10/11/2014 11:16:32 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2; RegulatorCountry

So the other boys said, “Hey, these aren’t ‘smart pills’!
All you did, you just put some rabbit turds in match boxes!”

See, now you’re getting smart.


29 posted on 10/11/2014 11:18:56 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Post 21.


30 posted on 10/11/2014 11:19:13 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: tumblindice
See, now you’re getting smart.

I have a vaccine for that.

31 posted on 10/11/2014 11:21:14 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: RegulatorCountry
We can’t be their ancestors unless time travel is involved.

I'm my own grandpa.

32 posted on 10/11/2014 11:25:00 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2

Pleased to meet y’all.


33 posted on 10/11/2014 11:42:44 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

I agree with your logic on “extinct”. But that is how they are described in anthropological books. So I guess I was in that rut.


34 posted on 10/12/2014 12:05:03 AM PDT by entropy12 (Marxist, race baiter, community organizer Obummer is 10 times worse than any RINO)
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To: SunkenCiv

Kinda looks like a new updated ISIS flag.


35 posted on 10/12/2014 1:02:04 AM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
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To: UCANSEE2

“Notice that the tank is made up of ONE COMPLETE set of HUMAN BONES.”

A quick look shows only one foot and one hand. Not very complete if you ask me.....


36 posted on 10/12/2014 3:12:40 AM PDT by 9422WMR ("Ignorance can be cured by education, but stupidity is forever.")
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To: SunkenCiv
Slight exaggeration — your post only took a couple of lines, not a whole page.

zing.

37 posted on 10/12/2014 8:00:33 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

“ceased being distinct due to genetic swamping.”

Very succinct; thank you.


38 posted on 10/12/2014 9:30:52 AM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: luvbach1; zeestephen
luvbach1: "How are pre Neanderthal Neanderthal?"

That word "Neanderthal" is just that, a word, used to describe remains similar to those first discovered in the Neander Valley, in northwestern Germany.
Today various sites are classified as "early Neanderthal", "middle Neanderthal" "late Neanderthal", "pre-Neanderthal" and even, presumably, "post-Neanderthal" -- all of which merely describes where-exactly investigators think each particular find fits in the great scheme of things.

Speculations about which creatures may have been ancestors of Neanderthals range from homo antecestor (circa 1.2 million years ago) to Homo heidelbergensis (circa 600 thousand years ago).
There are similarities amongst all these creatures and early "fully-humans", but also noticeable differences.


39 posted on 10/12/2014 11:54:20 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective,)
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To: UCANSEE2
UCANSEE2: "The assumption that they are our ‘ancestors’ may be incorrect to begin with.
If there were world-wide floods that wiped out most life on Earth, then it isn’t likely that we are ancestors descendants of the non-survivors."

The term "ancestors" is used loosely, since physical evidence points toward modern-humans first rising in Africa, not of the Neanderthal line.
And, today no Africans have "Neanderthal DNA" in their genomes.
Non-Africans do have some Neanderthal DNA -- from 2% to 4% -- which is now supposed to have resulted from, ah, er, ahem... Neanderthals in hiding in modern-human wood-piles...

40 posted on 10/12/2014 12:19:37 PM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective,)
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