Oldest Homo erectus: Drimolen, South Africa, 2nd Dmanisi

[DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves]

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaw7293

The DNH 134 Homo cranium has affinities with H. erectus and extends the species’ temporal range by ~200,000 to 150,000 years. DNH 134 being older than A. sediba complicates the likelihood of this species being ancestral to Homo in South Africa, as previously suggested. With the oldest occurrence of H. erectus at the southern tip of Africa, this argues against a suggested Asian origin for H. erectus. DNH 152 represents the oldest P. robustus cranium in South Africa. The Drimolen stone and bone tools are also the oldest from the region

2ma Drimolen
1.7ma Dmanisi, Georgia
1.5ma Turkana
.5 Java & Peking

[I Envy JTEM]

DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:

> https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaw7293

It's the usual bullshit.

They have no idea what it is. In fact, given all the evidence it makes
no sense to leap -- and it is a leap -- to the wild conclusion that it's
erectus.

> The DNH 134 Homo cranium has affinities with H. erectus

It's not a cranium, it's a fragment. Of an immature individual.

It's simply propaganda -- reinforcement of the Out of Africa nonsense.





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[DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves]

Don't try to think.

[I Envy JTEM]

DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:

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https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/lte0smsvztiaxce8tvf2.png

Do you honestly believe that's a Homo erectus skull: Yes or no?

Because they identify that as NOT erectus but there's really no significant
difference.

And to be absolutely clear:

: The presence of H. erectus in South Africa during this time period also damages
: a theory that proposes Asia as the birthplace of this species.

https://gizmodo.com/this-tiny-skull-cap-is-rocking-what-we-know-about-an-an-1842643777

Amazing. An identification which seems frivolous at best, anomalous for certain and not
well supported at all, but it does reinforce the OoA brainwashing...

Myself? Not a fan of Out of Asia or Africa or anywhere else. I tend to see an environment,
not some GPS coordinates, as the "Place of Origins." I don't have a dog in the race, EXCEPT
to counter the propaganda.




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