Op woensdag 24 januari 2024 om 12:53:12 UTC+1 schreef JTEM is so reasonable:
After a several yrs, I could finally get my 1st paper published when I was 33 or 34, almost 40 yrs ago. Elaine wrote her books half a century ago, and these idiots are still running in African savannas... :-DDD How can a whole "science" be sooo wrong for so long?? anthropo- + egocentrism?
Prof.Tobias was so honest to admit that he had been wrong. How is it possible that some?most PAs remain so stupid (or dishonest??) to believe in "australopith ancestors", "endurance running" & "out of Africa" although these 3 fantasies have been proven to be wrong??
Is it the combination? are they really incapable of seeing that our Pliocene Homo followed S-Asian coasts + often dived for shellfish etc.? is it too much for them?: should we attack these prejudices 1 by 1? or all 3 together?
At least 8 different indications show that H.erectus often dived: pachyosteosclerosis = shallow-diving, auditory exostoses = water irrigation, enamel wear caused by shells+sand, island colonisations, brain size++ = sea-food, fossilisations amid barnacles-corals-shelfish..., shell engravings (S.Munro), stone use + extreme manual dexterity, ... And these fools keep running after antelopes in Africa... :-DDD
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