Humanity 3 Million years old than previously thought.

kennyc · 11-07-2010, 07:18 AM

New Statistical Model Moves Human Evolution Back Three Million Years

ScienceDaily (Nov. 5, 2010) — Evolutionary divergence of humans and chimpanzees likely occurred some 8 million years ago rather than the 5 million year estimate widely accepted by scientists, a new statistical model suggests.....

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1105124241.htm

MickeyC · 11-07-2010, 08:04 AM

This means it took us eight million years to invent the eBook reader! You'd have thought we'd have been quicker than that.

kennyc · 11-07-2010, 09:22 AM

And we still don't have anti-gravity or time machines! Sheesh!

TGS · 11-07-2010, 10:40 AM

Sometimes finding out the truth makes absolutely no difference to anything.

kennyc · 11-07-2010, 11:13 AM

And sometimes it does.

6charlong · 11-07-2010, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

And we still don't have anti-gravity or time machines! Sheesh!

Isn't that what eBook readers are for?

Sparrow · 11-07-2010, 05:09 PM

So this was wrong?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0518075823.htm

"The evolutionary split between human and chimpanzee is much more recent -- and more complicated -- than previously thought, ..."

TGS · 11-07-2010, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow

So this was wrong?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0518075823.htm

"The evolutionary split between human and chimpanzee is much more recent -- and more complicated -- than previously thought, ..."

Sheesh, you'd think if the creator was going to litter the earth with fake fossils s/he'd at least get them in the right order, wouldn't you?

kennyc · 11-07-2010, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow

So this was wrong?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0518075823.htm

"The evolutionary split between human and chimpanzee is much more recent -- and more complicated -- than previously thought, ..."

Apparently so. Let's give it another million years just to be sure though.

devilsadvocate · 11-07-2010, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow

So this was wrong?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0518075823.htm

"The evolutionary split between human and chimpanzee is much more recent -- and more complicated -- than previously thought, ..."

Not necessarily. According to that:

"...the speciation process was unusual -- possibly involving an initial split followed by later hybridization before a final separation."

So the initial split could have been when the more recent study surmises.

Sparrow · 11-08-2010, 04:23 AM

oops - deleted

dsvick · 11-08-2010, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

And we still don't have anti-gravity or time machines! Sheesh!

No, but maybe the chimps do ....

pholy · 11-08-2010, 10:53 AM

And really good cloaking devices for them, too ...

11-07-2010, 07:18 AM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Humanity 3 Million years older than previously thought. New Statistical Model Moves Human Evolution Back Three Million Years ScienceDaily (Nov. 5, 2010) — Evolutionary divergence of humans and chimpanzees likely occurred some 8 million years ago rather than the 5 million year estimate widely accepted by scientists, a new statistical model suggests..... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1105124241.htm Last edited by kennyc; 11-07-2010 at 07:48 AM.

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TGS Country Member Posts: 9,058 Karma: 7676767 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Liseuse: Irex DR800. PRS 505 in the house, and the missus has an iPad.	Sometimes finding out the truth makes absolutely no difference to anything.

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Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	So this was wrong? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0518075823.htm "The evolutionary split between human and chimpanzee is much more recent -- and more complicated -- than previously thought, ..."

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Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	oops - deleted

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