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It's fascinating, reading how they figured all this out. Correlating data about magnetic field flipping, uranium decay, a dozen little things coming together to
by WilTimSon 7y ago
It's fascinating, reading how they figured all this out. Correlating data about magnetic field flipping, uranium decay, a dozen little things coming together to give an answer. I'm not sure what kind of implications this find has and the comments from from Mr. Spoor seem to be taking a cautious approach but just reading about the work of scientists is always exciting.
If all the data pans out, what kind of implications would it have? Just showing that different kinds of humans coexisted and cohabited? Or is it more about the migratory patterns of these different humans?
- d0100 7y agoOr that there is no such "different humans"? I'm still hoping for some discovery of a pre-pre-historic man being found with a metal pot
- lifeisstillgood 7y agoAnd Slartibartfast's signature in the Fjord? I think that it's best to think of our pre-history as waaay more complex than the silhouette of evolution picture leads us to. We almost certainly shared land with other apes as different dogs share parks today, but beyond that it does not fit it in my head. I feel this is an area of science that is fascinating but ultimately, like study of butterflies - yes it's science, yes we fund it, but the value to billions of humans will likely come from other branches of science. The lessons I need for today's living I can take more usefully from today, than hoping to extrapolate from a million year old bones.