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Trove of skulls...missing link in human evolution: early Neanderthals used teeth as 'third hand'
Daily Mail ^
| 19 June 2014
| ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD
Posted on 06/19/2014 7:50:23 PM PDT by Pharmboy
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Lotsa speculation, but it is an interesting
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posted on
06/19/2014 7:50:23 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
To: SunkenCiv; blam
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posted on
06/19/2014 7:51:41 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must.)
To: Pharmboy
Facial bones suggest early Neanderthals used their teeth as a 'third hand' Oh snooze. Was my mother there?
"Don't use your teeth for that...you might break them?"
I sometimes think all mothers are Jewish.
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posted on
06/19/2014 7:54:54 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
To: Pharmboy
Ah yes, the old meme resurrected for the umpteenth timethe missing link. Pure unadulterated nonsense. They cannot find anything better to write about. They really do think we are fools.
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posted on
06/19/2014 7:56:19 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: RoosterRedux
Just the other day I was thinking about that rubberized invention for flashlights that makes them easier to hold in your mouth.
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posted on
06/19/2014 7:57:07 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
To: Pharmboy
These features evolved due to eating and perhaps for use as a 'third hand' Sounds almost Lamarkian.
I'm told that "evolution" consists of random genetic drift and is not purposeful, or teleological. Therefore, features do not evolve "due to" eating or anything else.
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posted on
06/19/2014 7:58:14 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
To: RoosterRedux
These scientists really take some huge leaps of faith in their supposed scientific disciplines.
Well, my dentist did say that I should stop scratching my butt with my molars. Something about cracks in my teeth or something...
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posted on
06/19/2014 7:58:16 PM PDT
by
Delta Dawn
(Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
To: 21twelve
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posted on
06/19/2014 7:59:18 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Obama: Race is his cover...jihad is his game.)
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
06/19/2014 8:07:53 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
To: Pharmboy
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posted on
06/19/2014 8:08:30 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: Delta Dawn
Damned protruding brow ridges anyway. I’m big boned.
To: Pharmboy
Neanderthals used their teeth as a 'third hand' .... They shed light on pre-human evolution from around 400,000 years ago ...My book on evolution, "Darwin's Ghost" by Steve Jones, tells us that ... "The first members of our species, Homo sapiens, arose about a hundred and fifty thousand years ago ..." and ... "Although Neanderthals, at first sight so similar to modern humans, were once placed on the last rung before mankind, fossil DNA hints that they might not even be on the same ladder. Their mitochrondial genes are quite distinct from our own. They were not the ancestors of human genes but followed a separate path. For mitochondria, at least, Neanderthals and ourselves split half a million years ago."
Quotes come from pages 322 and 323 of Jones' book.
To: Pharmboy
I seen carpenters put nails in their mouths.
To: Pharmboy
As my Mom so eloquently put it, “TEETH are not TOOLS, Young Lady!”
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06/19/2014 8:22:19 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: tumblindice
Is that from 'Quest for Fire?' Been meaning to see that! Ron Perlman?
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posted on
06/19/2014 8:24:41 PM PDT
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Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: Pharmboy
A beer in one hand, bean dip in the other and a bag of chips carried by your teeth on the way to the couch. Not much has changed over the years.
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06/19/2014 8:28:41 PM PDT
by
bgill
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Yep, that's him. He joked he didn't need much make-up, cool guy. Not a single word spoken in the movie. And he was the `Beast' in Beauty and the Beast. And of course `Enemy at the Gates' Here's another one of my favorite actors (and `missing links'):
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posted on
06/19/2014 8:30:48 PM PDT
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tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: bgill
Didn’t a bunch of Neanderthals just elect someone named hussein twice?
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posted on
06/19/2014 8:33:02 PM PDT
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bicyclerepair
(The zombies here elected alcee hastings. TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
To: ClearCase_guy
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06/19/2014 8:41:41 PM PDT
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JimSEA
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
06/19/2014 9:28:18 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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