miasabine t1_ivpc3dp wrote
Reply to comment by herbw in TIL that most non-human primate infants actively use their hands to help themselves out of the birth canal. Human infants do not, but their grip strength is much higher during the hours immediately after they are born. by afeeney
“Approximately 300,000 years ago, the first Homo Sapiens - anatomically modern humans- arose alongside our other Hominid relatives.
“While our ancestors have been around for about 6 million years, the modern form of humans only evolved about 200,000 years ago.”
https://www.universetoday.com/38125/how-long-have-humans-been-on-earth/
“Modern humans originated in Africa within the past 200,000 years”
https://www.yourgenome.org/stories/evolution-of-modern-humans/
So no, I’m not cherry picking data.
The rest of your comment is irrelevant word salad. It has nothing to do with what we were talking about, you’re just talking for the sake of it, and I have no interest in engaging with it.
herbw t1_ivqgh66 wrote
forbes is not an anthropological mag. OK?
Modern humans arose about 100-125K yrs ago in east africa. before that it was H. erectus which is NOT modern man. OK, they are considered in the Homo Genus with modern humans. That's the big error they are committin there.
Homo neanderthalensis would be modern human by their criteria those been extinct for 10K's of years.
It's basic biology. H. sapiens sapiens. Forbes does NOT make the clear use biological definition clear, either
Humans with our high social forms and intellectual characsteristics are about 10-20K yrs old. but as we cannot tell intellectual linguistic prowess but by stone age tools and bones, we estimate the first humans most like us, physically, came about 100-125K yrs ago. Cro-magnan is older than we too, but a side chain as well.
It's anthropology, NOT Forbes business news specialty, either.
miasabine t1_ivqjc4z wrote
Lmao, I love how you’re focusing on Forbes when I’ve literally provided you with THREE other sources that all say 2-300,000 years. And yet you’ve provided ZERO sources. Just get the fuck out, you’re fucking pathetic
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