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I agree. This is virtually unknown territory much like large areas of the Middle East and in particular the Arabian Peninsula which is a major cross-road in the world located centrally next to Europe, Africa, Asia and the Indian Ocean.
Yes, that is a very interesting but a controversial topic as you rightly mentioned. I have no doubt that the history will be rewritten several times over. From what I recall then there have been several new findings of whole new hominids species if you can call them that.
I guess the only thing that we can do is to wait for more news. Or whether there is a misunderstanding when it comes to the age. If the age is correct then this does not concern homo sapiens as I wrote in the very beginning.
Yeah, there are many hominid species, & to be honest they look a lot more like an extremely ugly animal than actual humans themselves. Take a look at the reconstructed face of the Homo Habilis or even the Homo Erectus for instance. It's kind off hard to believe humans evolved from that, but then again human evolution isn't a 100% confirmed. I have an easier time accepting animal evolution whose fossilized remains sometimes demonstrate the evolving phases an organism went through. In any case, let's just wait for more news regarding this cemetery assuming there is nothing wrong with the dates.
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I found this quote somewhat interesting.
Recent African origin of modern humans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Notice the last line.
That is interesting of course, & the Y-chromosomal Adam's date has changed quite a bit. Mitochondrial Eve appears to be younger at this point, & that in itself is hard to understand. Technically, both of the oldest lineages should logically be around the same age since Y-chromosomal Adam would have mated with the women alive in that period. The most likely reason that isn't the case is because we haven't uncovered every paternal & maternal lineage at this point. It just goes to show that there is still a lot of stuff that we need to learn, & there is a strong possibility that many ancient mtDNA lineages would be discovered alongside more paternal lineages too. Besides, Y-chromosomal Adam & mitochondrial Eve represent surviving oldest lineages from which modern humans descend. There would have been other male & female lineages within their times so they naturally don't point to the Biblical Adam & Eve at this point.
The quote below pretty much sums this up:
The case for earlier Out-of-Africa (Boivin et al. 2013)
The increasing evidence for complexity as well as the clear patterns of bias for all records, whether archaeological, fossil or genetic, suggests the need for an open mind to multiple scenarios for Out of Africa, as well as for more rather than less complex models of H. sapiens dispersal across Eurasia.
We just need to be open minded enough to be capable of accepting different ideas, & who knows we might obtain a definitive answer some day.
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