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Subject: Re: Bone tools from 1.5 MYA
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 21:23:27 -0500
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On 3/6/25 11:40 AM, erik simpson wrote:

> Abstract
> Recent evidence indicates that the emergence of stone tool technology 
> occurred before the appearance of the genus Homo1 and may potentially be 
> traced back deep into the primate evolutionary

I disagree. There is evidence but there's evidence for humans in North
America more than 20,000 years ago. Not good evidence but evidence.

PLUS, 1.5 million years old is YOUNGER than erectus, never mind Homo...

Until there's an actual survey of potential sites OUTSIDE of Africa,
all we're looking at here is a selection bias. And that's a lot of
things but "Science" isn't one of them.




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