A human fossil species in western Europe could be close to a million years old

phys.org ^ | June 7, 2018 | CORDIS

[Red Badger]

A human fossil species in western Europe could be close to a million years old...................or not...............

[Red Badger]

PinGGG!.....................

[knarf]

I have a corn on my left, little toe that could be the remains of my twin sister, 70 years ago.

Or my twin brother.

Could be, y'know.

[wastedyears]

[Alas Babylon!]

I thought Homo Heidelbergensis was the direct ancestor of Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_heidelbergensis

[Cowboy Bob]

What is th edifference between a species and a race?

[\/\/ayne]

Could be two million, maybe! Or half a million! It’s something you can’t check! Yeah!

[mountainlion]

“Nebraska Man” comes to mind.

[seawolf101]

[Alas Babylon!]

OK, found this as a link within the Wikipedia page:

H. antecessor has been postulated as an evolutionary link between H. ergaster (1.9–1.4 Mya) and H. heidelbergensis (0.7–0.3 Mya). It is an open question whether H. antecessor is the last common ancestor of Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans, if it is entirely within the Neanderthal lineage, or an extinct lineage of its own.[3] Some authors consider H. antecessor an early form of H. heidelbergensis, which by the taxonomic principle of priority would extend the range of H. heidelbergensis to 1.2–0.3 Mya.[4]

The classification as a separate species is especially open to debate because no complete skull has been found, with only fourteen fragments and lower jaw bones known. Since the anatomical parallels to Homo sapiens were found in juveniles or children, the possibility has been argued “that H. antecessor adults didn’t really look much like H. sapiens at all”.[2][5]

[Red Badger]

A ‘race’ is a differentiation within a ‘species’.

All dogs are just different ‘races’ within the species, canis.................

[SkyDancer]

You mean Mick Jagger?

[Red Badger]

NO, Keith Richards!...................

[SkyDancer]

Nope. Democrat/liberal skeleton found:

[SkyDancer]

I was thinking the same thing. But then there's this guy:

[Red Badger]

NOT HUMAN......................

[RJS1950]

All four races of humans are members of the same species of Homo Sapiens.

Race is (or was) a genetic differentiation found in humans that denotes distinct variations within the human species.

Species denote the distinct genetic members within the designation of living organisms. Plant variations are divided into species as are animals. There are dog species, bird species, and human species.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Or maybe a gazillion years old.

[SkyDancer]

From the same guy who said that Trumps a cretin or something like that.

[mistfree]

What is the difference between a species and a race?

Species like each outher races don’t