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50. Oh, OK...

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #48)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 08:22 PM

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Ancestral home of all human beings discovered by scientists [View all] G_j Oct 2019 OP

Not possible. The earth is only 6000 years old... Lochloosa Oct 2019 #1

And flat, too. 3catwoman3 Oct 2019 #7

That has alway confused me the disparity of a few years between 200,000 and 6000. Rounding error? usaf-vet Oct 2019 #10

Are there enough chairs for Thanksgiving? jberryhill Oct 2019 #2

No. I imagine some of us will be the dish.... erronis Oct 2019 #17

Well the white supremicists aren't going to like this bit of news Dyedinthewoolliberal Oct 2019 #3

Yup: Calling Homer Stokes from "Oh Brother": Dees Boys Ain't White! They ain't even old timey! flibbitygiblets Oct 2019 #5

"Between 110,000 and 130,000 years ago, the climate started to change" at140 Oct 2019 #4

Even erectus used fire paleotn Oct 2019 #12

LOL that was funny! at140 Oct 2019 #31

(Tom Hanks had to have a Boy Scout teach him to make fire... lastlib Oct 2019 #36

uh-oh... Eyeball_Kid Oct 2019 #22

uh-oh is right stopdiggin Oct 2019 #38

It would save lives if earth became warmer due to human at140 Oct 2019 #69

Definitely missed Mr Rogers at140 Oct 2019 #68

The most recent glacial period started about 115,000 years ago muriel_volestrangler Oct 2019 #41

The earth has induced some climate change and landmass change on it's own. Blue_true Oct 2019 #47

I hope our human activity is causing the earth to at140 Oct 2019 #67

That's one way of looking at it. Blue_true Oct 2019 #70

Awesome! mcar Oct 2019 #6

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida baby pintobean Oct 2019 #8

African Genesis. MineralMan Oct 2019 #9

That has pretty much been known for a long time. nt Blue_true Oct 2019 #48

Oh, OK... MineralMan Oct 2019 #50

I wasn't trying to be a smartass MM, it is just my recollection. nt Blue_true Oct 2019 #54

So, we are ALL NEGROID! not_the_one Oct 2019 #11

No. We are all Homos. MineralMan Oct 2019 #13

And we are overwhelmingly immigrants..... LisaM Oct 2019 #15

THe most sgnificant genetic difference is Neanderthal DNA csziggy Oct 2019 #19

And yet, we are all the same species, and can reproduce together, MineralMan Oct 2019 #21

I'm not sure we can pinpoint the time in history when "pure" genetic heritage existed. Eyeball_Kid Oct 2019 #29

Not really; Africans are admixed with other archaic hominin species Spider Jerusalem Oct 2019 #30

+1 nitpicker Oct 2019 #45

If human life started in one region of Africa, Blue_true Oct 2019 #49

There multiple emigrations out of Africa csziggy Oct 2019 #62

Excellent info. You always come through with a fairly complete answer. nt Blue_true Oct 2019 #65

"We are all devo!" DBoon Oct 2019 #52

tRump tweet this as "fake news" yet? B Stieg Oct 2019 #14

Pence would say it might be accurate SCantiGOP Oct 2019 #26

I heard somewhere dump may be part Orangutan rickyhall Oct 2019 #37

Don't insult orangutans spinbaby Oct 2019 #64

That was Bill Maher's response to Trump's birther nonsense. Dump actually tried to sue him. Crunchy Frog Oct 2019 #71

I love Science LittleGirl Oct 2019 #16

XD sakabatou Oct 2019 #18

I thought the earliest modern humans were from North Africa 300,000 to 3500,000 years ago jpak Oct 2019 #20

It's changed so much I can't even keep up. LuvNewcastle Oct 2019 #35

Odd that we aren't fighting holy wars over this land. zaj Oct 2019 #23

very cool. this would have been about when humans began to become 90% right handed certainot Oct 2019 #24

Actually, right hand preference goes back much further, and included Neanderthals and possibly much Crunchy Frog Oct 2019 #73

well, the apes and chimps are generally 50-50 and masturbate so maybe it started after that certainot Oct 2019 #74

So...a germ of truth in the old 'garden of Eden' myth. PatrickforO Oct 2019 #25

did they find the apple tree and the serpent's fossil? Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #27

Thanks! get the red out Oct 2019 #28

It's interesting that the population grew so slowly during that time. cbdo2007 Oct 2019 #32

Lifespan hasn't changed much. NutmegYankee Oct 2019 #34

Thank you for pointing that out. llmart Oct 2019 #55

Avg life expectancy in the US in 1900 was 46 years old. roamer65 Oct 2019 #56

Average. You missed the point. NutmegYankee Oct 2019 #57

Much smaller numbers made it past the average age, but very few assume all were dead by 46. roamer65 Oct 2019 #60

Ya they lived to old age. Noah was like 950 when he kicked off. miyazaki Oct 2019 #66

If you made it into adulthood back in 1900, odds were pretty good you'd live well past 48 Kaleva Oct 2019 #59

Nope Spider Jerusalem Oct 2019 #72

The planet is the victim of our success. roamer65 Oct 2019 #61

The theory is that this region was good to live in then, but not the surrounding ones muriel_volestrangler Oct 2019 #63

Interesting and exciting, but CONTROVERSIAL theory. Hortensis Oct 2019 #33

We are all from MuseRider Oct 2019 #39

had the same sad thought G_j Oct 2019 #43

I thought it was Missouri RudyColludie Oct 2019 #40

Florida. You've obviously never been. lindysalsagal Oct 2019 #42

Well, there is Golden Corral after 8pm. nt Blue_true Oct 2019 #53

Great read on the subject EmeraldCoaster Oct 2019 #44

... leftstreet Oct 2019 #58

Do we have enough fainting pads down for white supremacists? Blue_true Oct 2019 #46

K&R & thanks. nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #51