Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

What Happened to the Hominids Who May Have Been Smarter Than Us?
discovermagazine.com ^ | December 28, 2009 | Gary Lynch and Richard Granger

Posted on 01/05/2010 12:54:26 AM PST by Bobalu

Two neuroscientists say that a now-extinct race of humans had big eyes, child-like faces, and an average intelligence of around 150, making them geniuses among Homo sapiens.

The history of evolutionary studies has been dogged by the intuitively attractive, almost irresistible idea that the whole great process leads to greater complexity, to animals that are more advanced than their predecessors. The pre-Darwin theories of evolution were built around this idea; in fact, Darwin’s (and Wallace’s) great and radical contribution was to throw out the notion of “progress” and replace it with selection from among a set of random variations. But people do not easily escape from the idea of progress. We’re drawn to the idea that we are the end point, the pinnacle not only of the hominids but of all animal life.

Boskops argue otherwise. They say that humans with big brains, and perhaps great intelligence, occupied a substantial piece of southern Africa in the not very distant past, and that they eventually gave way to smaller-brained, possibly less advanced Homo sapiens—that is, ourselves.

(Excerpt) Read more at discovermagazine.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: boskop; creation; darwinism; evolution; genetics; godsgravesglyphs; hominids
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-60 next last

1 posted on 01/05/2010 12:54:30 AM PST by Bobalu
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Bobalu

Too bad these brilliant monkeys did not see fit to record their thoughts for posterity. Nor, apparently, were they bright enough to transcend their environment the way man did.


2 posted on 01/05/2010 12:56:34 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bobalu

3 posted on 01/05/2010 12:57:10 AM PST by stormer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bobalu
Reminds me of the SNL skit with Steve Martin where he, as a caveman, discovers fire.

A cavewoman admires his accomplishment and takes a liking to him. A second caveman looks on enviously, hits Steve Martin on the head with a rock, killing him, and gains the attention of the cavewoman.

The use of fire must wait a little longer.

4 posted on 01/05/2010 12:59:11 AM PST by GeorgeSaden
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bobalu

Okay we’ve got two neuroscientists concurring, got the peer review issue solved.


5 posted on 01/05/2010 1:02:04 AM PST by valkyry1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: HiTech RedNeck
Too bad these brilliant monkeys did not see fit to record their thoughts for posterity. Nor, apparently, were they bright enough to transcend their environment the way man did.

Well we don't know that. The native Americans of North America had no written language, yet they were intelligent enough to live in organized societies.

6 posted on 01/05/2010 1:02:19 AM PST by GeorgeSaden
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Bobalu

These “people” obviously moved to another plane, like the Anasazi indians.


7 posted on 01/05/2010 1:03:44 AM PST by Lancey Howard
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bobalu
What Happened to the Hominids Who May Have Been Smarter Than Us?

"Mmmmm ... tastes like chicken!"

8 posted on 01/05/2010 1:13:11 AM PST by The Duke
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bobalu

LOL that’s funny!


9 posted on 01/05/2010 1:19:18 AM PST by exnavy (God save the republic)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bobalu
Two neuroscientists say that a now-extinct race of humans had big eyes, child-like faces, and an average intelligence of around 150

Someone is going to suggest it sooner or later:
Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us
10 posted on 01/05/2010 1:20:35 AM PST by mkjessup (If you admire, support and make excuses for RINOs (like George W Bush) that makes YOU a RINO!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: stormer

Looks like my ex-fiancee’s family


11 posted on 01/05/2010 1:25:08 AM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Werner Von Braun)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Bobalu

Oh man... these were space aliens... don’t these scientists know anything!?

LLS


12 posted on 01/05/2010 1:37:04 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GeorgeSaden; HiTech RedNeck

Your reply to HiTech RedNeck sounds like apples to oranges to me.


13 posted on 01/05/2010 1:39:41 AM PST by valkyry1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Bobalu

What happened to them?

Simple;

They voted for a prehistoric version of ‘Hope And Change’.


14 posted on 01/05/2010 1:50:59 AM PST by LegendHasIt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bobalu

Big eyes, Bigger brains, doesn’t mean more intelligent.
The fact that they left no cioviliztion remnants save their own bones is a testimony to a sportive evolutionary line, but nothing more.

Amazing how scientists jump to weird conclusions about intelligence. That cannot be measured by physical characteristic alone. Intelligence can only be measured by performance. Are there any artifacts which testify to that alleged higher untelligence, a lap top, flashlight, batteries, radios?(sarc.)


15 posted on 01/05/2010 2:02:25 AM PST by Candor7 ((The effective weapons Against Fascism are ridicule, derision , truth (.Member NRA))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: stormer

Hmmm, which one is Ballmer?


16 posted on 01/05/2010 2:18:04 AM PST by rfp1234 (R.I.P. Scotty 7/2007-11/2009.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Bobalu

“They died and we lived, and we can’t answer the question why.”
Cuz we were smarter and better able to adapt.


17 posted on 01/05/2010 2:38:42 AM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Scotsman will be Free

If they were smarter, they would care more for the environment — as smart people do. They would also realize that man is an enemy of the earth. So they killed themselves.


18 posted on 01/05/2010 3:08:36 AM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism is a Socialist Disease)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Loud Mime

LOL.


19 posted on 01/05/2010 3:11:52 AM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Bellflower

ping


20 posted on 01/05/2010 3:15:09 AM PST by Bellflower (If you are left DO NOT take the mark of the beast and be damned forever.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-60 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson