[SunkenCiv]

Paleontologist Marie-Antoinette de Lumley presents the skull fragment of a nordic hunter, discovered at the Lazaret Cave in Nice

[mkmensinger]

“Homo Erectus”

There’s just something odd about that phrase; I can’t quite figure out what...

[trebb]

Experts say the discovery could reveal important clues to the evolution of humans.
"It belonged to a nomad hunter, less than 25 years old. He may be able to teach us more about the evolution of his successor, the Neanderthal man."

While the articles can be interesting, it seems that every discovery, even of lesser proportions than earlier discoveries, always says it may lead to better info on evolution. Until they find something with real meat, they ought to tone it down due to the triteness of the statement.

They also seem to make these definitive statements like the one above - nomad hunter, under 25 years old - I guess the age might not be too hard to discover, but the nomad hunter is as much a guess as "he foraged in a finite area eating bugs, berries, worms, and anything else that would sustain him - he really like the berries the best..."

[Condor51]

Paleontologist Marie-Antoinette de Lumley,..

Somebody's parents had a sense of humor.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Completely off topic. In the 1950s Air France was trying to promote tourism to the Riviera among anglophones. So they came up with a poster featuring a shapely young woman walking along a sunlit beach, taken from astern, with the legend "NICE". When their American travel representatives saw it, they suggested that it might be misinterperted and would not be displayed in American travel agents offices. Air France's advertising agency obligingly changed the legend to "CANNES".

NICE

CANNES

[blueunicorn6]

Well, if the Riviera Times prints it, than it must be true. They wouldn’t have any financial interest in having people come there and spend their money.