OT: Earliest Human Fossils Discovered

[clemsonpaw00]

pretty cool story from yesterday in case you missed it.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ossils-outside-africa/?utm_term=.003a7642cc55

An ancient jawbone uncovered from a collapsed cave on the coast of Israel is at least 175,000 years old, and it belonged to a member of our own species. Sophisticated stone tools were discovered nearby.

The find, reported Thursday in the journal Science, is by far the oldest human fossil ever uncovered outside Africa, where our Homo sapiens originated. It pushes back the timeline of when modern humans began venturing to other continents by about 60,000 years and suggests people made several short-lived excursions into Eurasia millennia before we finally conquered the globe.

The owner of this jawbone was probably one of those early unsuccessful explorers — a tangent in the story of humanity, said Rick Potts, director of the Human Origins Program at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. That does not mean it has nothing to tell us. Potts, who was not involved in the discovery, compared the Israeli fossil with the remains of failed colonization attempts like the Viking settlements in Newfoundland.

 

[Steven15]

Pretty cool

 

[Redbull7]

It is cool but fallacious. 8-12,000 years old. Floods , big ones, do wonders on decay rates, and don't give me that carbon dating blah blah story.

 

[Jokes On You]

It is cool but fallacious. 8-12,000 years old. Floods , big ones, do wonders on decay rates, and don't give me that carbon dating blah blah story.

OHHHHH BOY. I want to hear more.

 

[clemsonpaw00]

It is cool but fallacious. 8-12,000 years old. Floods , big ones, do wonders on decay rates, and don't give me that carbon dating blah blah story.

lol knew it

 

[CU1TruTiger4Life]

False Flag.

 

[Redbull7]

pretty cool story from yesterday in case you missed it.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ossils-outside-africa/?utm_term=.003a7642cc55

An ancient jawbone uncovered from a collapsed cave on the coast of Israel is at least 175,000 years old, and it belonged to a member of our own species. Sophisticated stone tools were discovered nearby.

The find, reported Thursday in the journal Science, is by far the oldest human fossil ever uncovered outside Africa, where our Homo sapiens originated. It pushes back the timeline of when modern humans began venturing to other continents by about 60,000 years and suggests people made several short-lived excursions into Eurasia millennia before we finally conquered the globe.

The owner of this jawbone was probably one of those early unsuccessful explorers — a tangent in the story of humanity, said Rick Potts, director of the Human Origins Program at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. That does not mean it has nothing to tell us. Potts, who was not involved in the discovery, compared the Israeli fossil with the remains of failed colonization attempts like the Viking settlements in Newfoundland.

Fake news . Nothing to see here . THE Pres would not condone .

 

[GilaMonsta]

pretty cool story from yesterday in case you missed it.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ossils-outside-africa/?utm_term=.003a7642cc55

An ancient jawbone uncovered from a collapsed cave on the coast of Israel is at least 175,000 years old, and it belonged to a member of our own species. Sophisticated stone tools were discovered nearby.

The find, reported Thursday in the journal Science, is by far the oldest human fossil ever uncovered outside Africa, where our Homo sapiens originated. It pushes back the timeline of when modern humans began venturing to other continents by about 60,000 years and suggests people made several short-lived excursions into Eurasia millennia before we finally conquered the globe.

The owner of this jawbone was probably one of those early unsuccessful explorers — a tangent in the story of humanity, said Rick Potts, director of the Human Origins Program at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. That does not mean it has nothing to tell us. Potts, who was not involved in the discovery, compared the Israeli fossil with the remains of failed colonization attempts like the Viking settlements in Newfoundland.

 

[Steven15]

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[Howard's Jock]

Good work OP.

 

[firegiver]

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lol all her genetics went to the neck down.

 

[clemsonpaw00]

@orangelvis thoughts?

 

[TigerDutch]

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Should remove the hair from your face before you try to convince people.....well....the "end of the day" line and........I still believe the paleontologists.

 

[clemsonpaw00]

Should remove the hair from your face before you try to convince people.....well....the "end of the day" line and........I still believe the paleontologists.

the bible knows a lot more than those so-called "scientists"

 

[Smiling_Tiger]

the bible knows a lot more than those so-called "scientists"

I give you a 6/10. This one will definitely get some bites.

 

[tigrbybirth]

the bible knows a lot more than those so-called "scientists"

What makes you think that the Word of God, which is so frequently told via parable should be taken literally in this case? I, for one, am not willing to put my faith at risk by accepting every word of the old testament. Do we really think that angels came down, mated with humans and produced giants?

 

[TuesdayJ]

I give you a 6/10. This one will definitely get some bites.

Does he get a deduction for the failed attempts above this one? or is that factored in with the 6/10?

 

[Smiling_Tiger]

Does he get a deduction for the failed attempts above this one? or is that factored in with the 6/10?

I rated it based on that post alone.

 

[clemsonpaw00]

Does he get a deduction for the failed attempts above this one? or is that factored in with the 6/10?

i'll admit that i didn't do a v good job of trying to maintain any sort of seriousness or consistency

edit: just saw the post that you liked above. lol never mind if you're actually one of these young earth halfwits.

 

[saber8689]

I'm surprised no one has taken the bait. Well done TI.

 

[poates6]

pretty cool story from yesterday in case you missed it.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ossils-outside-africa/?utm_term=.003a7642cc55

An ancient jawbone uncovered from a collapsed cave on the coast of Israel is at least 175,000 years old, and it belonged to a member of our own species. Sophisticated stone tools were discovered nearby.

The find, reported Thursday in the journal Science, is by far the oldest human fossil ever uncovered outside Africa, where our Homo sapiens originated. It pushes back the timeline of when modern humans began venturing to other continents by about 60,000 years and suggests people made several short-lived excursions into Eurasia millennia before we finally conquered the globe.

The owner of this jawbone was probably one of those early unsuccessful explorers — a tangent in the story of humanity, said Rick Potts, director of the Human Origins Program at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. That does not mean it has nothing to tell us. Potts, who was not involved in the discovery, compared the Israeli fossil with the remains of failed colonization attempts like the Viking settlements in Newfoundland.

Based on your studies, what is the most reliable proven method for dating fossils?

 

[Esso Porch]

What makes you think that the Word of God, which is so frequently told via parable should be taken literally in this case? I, for one, am not willing to put my faith at risk by accepting every word of the old testament. Do we really think that angels came down, mated with humans and produced giants?

I'm almost there...tell me more

 

[False9]

Based on your studies, what is the most reliable proven method for dating fossils?

Obviously use the DNA database to figure out who the person was, then go to the hospital and check their birth certificate.

 

[BAnksMcFadden]

lol all her genetics went to the neck down.

She is way off on the endgame of her message. But she is right on her idea that paleontologist rarely think independently, and that self fulfilling hypothesis have been used in the field for years. Case in point, for 100 years the overwhelming theory was that all Dinos were scaly and reptilian, since 2009 they have been feathered. No way independent thinking leads to 100 years of the same conclusion

 

[clemsonpaw00]

Based on your studies, what is the most reliable proven method for dating fossils?

are you positing that one has to be a scientist in order to believe in...science?

hoo boy.

 

[CMTiger15]

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[OwnThisState]

Lou Holtz's baby teeth are the oldest fossils of all time.

 

[firegiver]

She is way off on the endgame of her message. But she is right on her idea that paleontologist rarely think independently, and that self fulfilling hypothesis have been used in the field for years. Case in point, for 100 years the overwhelming theory was that all Dinos were scaly and reptilian, since 2009 they have been feathered. No way independent thinking leads to 100 years of the same conclusion

Everyone has their opinions. Mine is that yes there has been debate about the physiology of 'dinosaurs' . More and more fossil evidence supports different theories and yes one of the recent ones is that dino's were warm blooded and some had feathers.

The study of extinct animals is a tough one, its not some open and shut case, but this woman just daydreaming and talking nonsense into a camera is in no way a sound way to question it. She claims millions of dollars are at stake.. and clearly doesn't understand fossil work, so no her pretense is wrong and she begs the question of a conspiracy which is just silly hope which is probably grounded in the hope of 'proving' some aspect of bible lore correct.

 

[iceheart08]

oh my god im so glad someone posted about this! I mentioned this in the conspiracy thread last week.

FOSSILS ARE FAKE. Governments were scared of the power of the church and devised a long-game way to discredit their teachings. Fossils are fake. end of story.

 

[orangelvis]

@orangelvis thoughts?

Don't have much time at the moment and did not not watch video. By the posts that I'm reading here, I'll say two things: First, anyone who thinks dino fossils are fake, is ignorant. Two, anyone who thinks the methods used to date fossils, rocks, etc, are infallible, is also ignorant.

 

[jonalexand1]

It is cool but fallacious. 8-12,000 years old. Floods , big ones, do wonders on decay rates, and don't give me that carbon dating blah blah story.

Lol, great stuff.

 

[Maverick369]

lol all her genetics went to the neck down.

As they should

 

[southerncaltiger]

Everyone has their opinions. Mine is that yes there has been debate about the physiology of 'dinosaurs' . More and more fossil evidence supports different theories and yes one of the recent ones is that dino's were warm blooded and some had feathers.

The study of extinct animals is a tough one, its not some open and shut case, but this woman just daydreaming and talking nonsense into a camera is in no way a sound way to question it. She claims millions of dollars are at stake.. and clearly doesn't understand fossil work, so no her pretense is wrong and she begs the question of a conspiracy which is just silly hope which is probably grounded in the hope of 'proving' some aspect of bible lore correct.

Big money? Yeah, maybe in micropaleonotology during the oil boom years (forams). Since I'm a geologist, I know/have met a lot of paleontologists...they ain't livin' over in Malibu in a mansion. Geez, the human gene pool needs some chlorine. Is this part of that idiotic "young earth" crap?

 

[poates6]

are you positing that one has to be a scientist in order to believe in...science?

hoo boy.

I’m sure it was difficult for you to understand my post. In my world we would call my post a question. Not a positing. Tell me again about all your reading and studying. You can’t even read a post correctly and answer a simple question.

 

[RicheClemson]

Apparently it's only accurate to a few thousands of years. https://www.allaboutarchaeology.org/is-carbon-dating-accurate-faq.htm

Interesting.

Some say somewhat accurate to 50,000 years. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/carbon-dating-gets-reset/

 

[kethdredd]

Everything you need to know is right here. Between this and Fox news, you'll never need any other sources.
https://creationmuseum.org

 

[clemsonpaw00]

I’m sure it was difficult for you to understand my post. In my world we would call my post a question. Not a positing. Tell me again about all your reading and studying. You can’t even read a post correctly and answer a simple question.

oh, you wanted a serious answer to your dumb question?

i'm not a scientist. i haven't performed any "studies" on rocks and fossils. all i know is what any rational person would believe who isn't overwhelmingly influenced by some religious text that contorts their entire worldview. and those rational people would believe that though fossil dating methods are inexact, they still overwhelmingly support proof that the earth is millions of years old. there's no credible "science" that says otherwise.

 

[DecemberGrad]

pretty cool story from yesterday in case you missed it.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ossils-outside-africa/?utm_term=.003a7642cc55

An ancient jawbone uncovered from a collapsed cave on the coast of Israel is at least 175,000 years old, and it belonged to a member of our own species. Sophisticated stone tools were discovered nearby.

The find, reported Thursday in the journal Science, is by far the oldest human fossil ever uncovered outside Africa, where our Homo sapiens originated. It pushes back the timeline of when modern humans began venturing to other continents by about 60,000 years and suggests people made several short-lived excursions into Eurasia millennia before we finally conquered the globe.

The owner of this jawbone was probably one of those early unsuccessful explorers — a tangent in the story of humanity, said Rick Potts, director of the Human Origins Program at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. That does not mean it has nothing to tell us. Potts, who was not involved in the discovery, compared the Israeli fossil with the remains of failed colonization attempts like the Viking settlements in Newfoundland.

Awesome story. Thanks for posting this.

 

[Smiling_Tiger]

Geez, the human gene pool needs some chlorine. Is this part of that idiotic "young earth" crap?

Sadly, yes.

 

[clemsonpaw00]

Big money? Yeah, maybe in micropaleonotology during the oil boom years (forams). Since I'm a geologist, I know/have met a lot of paleontologists...they ain't livin' over in Malibu in a mansion. Geez, the human gene pool needs some chlorine. Is this part of that idiotic "young earth" crap?

as many as like 25% of this board *entertains*, if not outright believes, the young earth theory. i honestly didn't even know it was a thing till i started posting here. it's amazing. and so, so silly.