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How do we know if a singular skull, whether this or another, was not simply a mutation and not part of a distinct species?
by yumraj 5y ago
How do we know if a singular skull, whether this or another, was not simply a mutation and not part of a distinct species?
- 63 5y agoIt's incredibly unlikely for such a mutation to occur, the individual make it to adulthood, and for their remains to be recognizable after 140,000 years. The principle of mediocrity implies that this person was probably of a relatively common variety at the time.