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Fossils Reveal Clues on Human Ancestor

Posted September 20, 2007 2:24 PM

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The discovery of four fossil skeletons of early human ancestors in Georgia, the former Soviet republic, has given scientists a revealing glimpse of a species in transition, primitive in its skull and upper body but with more advanced spines and lower limbs for greater mobility. The findings, being reported today in the journal Nature, are considered a significant step toward understanding who were some of the first ancestors to migrate out of Africa some 1.8 million years ago. They may also yield insights into the first members of the human genus, Homo.

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09/20/2007 3:25 PM

A similar finding recently in Georgia, United States, revealed that there has been no evoltuion in that region for approximately 2 million years.

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09/20/2007 5:02 PM

Can we see the research to back this hypothesis up?

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09/21/2007 6:24 AM

Hi PIbMak, Here in the UK scientists have discovered a direct link to this dicovery, it is a person by the name of George W. Bush! Spencer.

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09/21/2007 9:21 AM

I seem to recall that the original "timeline" of the King James Version put Adam and Eve about 6,600 years ago, or something like that. So your estimate of 2 million is off by about 1,993,400 years. According to the folks in Alabama. Alabamans? Alabamians?

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09/21/2007 4:10 PM

As loath as I am to defend Alabamians, I believe that estimate came from an Irishman.

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