New human species identified
Discussion
This seems to be a real major science story that for some odd reason is given little or no airtime.
A species that ran parallel to us.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-1918...
A species that ran parallel to us.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-1918...
Gene Vincent said:
The bit that the article completely missed is the really important bit, H.erg, H.rudo and H.hab lived in close proximity in SE Africa, whereas later H.neand, H.ere and H.sap were separated hugely in comparison, this leads to some intriguing points for speculation.
Are you insinuating a case for polygenesis? I thought this was frowned upon, regardless of possible evidence? Brother D said:
Gene Vincent said:
The bit that the article completely missed is the really important bit, H.erg, H.rudo and H.hab lived in close proximity in SE Africa, whereas later H.neand, H.ere and H.sap were separated hugely in comparison, this leads to some intriguing points for speculation.
Are you insinuating a case for polygenesis? I thought this was frowned upon, regardless of possible evidence? On the subject of different species interbreeding; well, it depends how you define a species, but the usual one IIRC is that different species cannot interbreed (ie produce viable offspring), and if they can, they they are two races of the same species.
Simpo Two said:
On the subject of different species interbreeding; well, it depends how you define a species, but the usual one IIRC is that different species cannot interbreed (ie produce viable offspring), and if they can, they they are two races of the same species.
It's a bit arbitrary though. There are cases where A can interbreed with B, and B with C, but not A with C.Gassing Station | Science! | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff