tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post4249472498456494622..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: MCLUST analysis of Mounier et al. (2011) dataDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-71805738279193925502011-05-06T08:07:25.624+03:002011-05-06T08:07:25.624+03:00Yeah, but in addition to those you have Border Cav...Yeah, but in addition to those you have Border Cave, Klasies River, and Tuinplaas all representing numerous modern features, and going back perhaps as far as ~200,000 years. <br /><br />Fish Hoek and Boskop are a bit unusual, but so are several of the Levantine finds. Clearly, there are some features (like Schwartz & Tattersall's bipartite brow and inverted-T chin) that seemed to have evolved rather recently (perhaps 100,000 to 80,000 ya) - but at least from the present fossil record, those must be excluded if one wants to identify "archaic modern" humans. We may never find these features present in older fossils.eurologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440019181278830033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-19830774319713502612011-05-06T07:03:17.783+03:002011-05-06T07:03:17.783+03:00"I am convinced the answer lies in South Afri..."I am convinced the answer lies in South Africa". <br /><br />I'm convinced dienekes was correct at the Heidelbergensis post: <br /><br />"by homogenizing gene flow between distant populations of a single Homo sapiens species".terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-81956303595248776602011-05-06T00:08:18.825+03:002011-05-06T00:08:18.825+03:00Fish Hoek and Boskop from Southern Africa lack typ...Fish Hoek and Boskop from Southern Africa lack typical sapiens features despite being of quite recent age, so I doubt modern humans originated there<br /><br />http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2010/12/fossil-evidence-for-origin-of-homo.htmlDienekeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-645806821528137572011-05-05T11:25:13.914+03:002011-05-05T11:25:13.914+03:00I am convinced the answer lies in South Africa.
T...I am convinced the answer lies in <i>South</i> Africa.<br /><br />The same way Neanderthals developed extremely unique features after climatic isolation ~300,000 years ago, South Africa also became much more isolated. Until then, humans shared genes and features between Central East and North Africa, West Asia, and Europe. <br /><br />AMH appear out of nowhere in northern Africa and the Levant/West Asia because they migrated there once the climate drastically improved ~130,000 years ago.eurologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440019181278830033noreply@blogger.com