Human Origins Rethink ?

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  • Khurram0

    Again, you are playing semantic games, this time with the word "exceptional."

    How does the fact that humans and apes share a common ancestor much older than we thought equate to human "exceptionalism"?

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    • The author is saying this based on the fact that the earlier fossils were more "human", structurally, than later fossils.teleos
    • One earlier fossil of one species they found which walked upright earlier than we thoughtKhurram
    • again... "exceptionalism"?Khurram
    • right, but it was markedly less "humanoid" structurally.teleos
    • markedly less humanoid? are you saying later fossils are LESS humanoid? which SPECIFIC fossil do u mean?Khurram
    • the australopithecinesteleos
    • WHICH australopithecine fossil??Khurram
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