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New hominid fossils found in South Africa

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Re: New hominid fossils found in South Africa

Post by hackenslash » Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:03 pm

Wow! Not a single occurence of the words 'missing' and 'link'! Who'da thunk? :biggrin:
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South African fossils could be new hominid species

Post by RuleBritannia » Thu Apr 08, 2010 5:19 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8609192.stm
BBC wrote:The remarkable remains of two ancient human-like creatures (hominids) have been found in South Africa. The fossils of a female adult and a juvenile male - perhaps mother and son - are just under two million years old. They were uncovered in cave deposits at Malapa not far from Johannesburg.

Researchers tell the journal Science that the creatures fill an important gap between older hominids and the group of more modern species known as Homo, which includes our own kind. The team has assigned the name Australopithecus sediba to their finds.
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Post by Bruce Burleson » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:45 pm

This, indeed, is a significant find, but shouldn't this be in the Science category?

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Post by Elessarina » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:46 pm

I already started a thread on it too..

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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:49 pm

2 similar topics merged. :tup:
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Re: South African fossils could be new hominid species

Post by RuleBritannia » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:50 pm

Bruce Burleson wrote:This, indeed, is a significant find, but shouldn't this be in the Science category?
:doh: 'Twas supposed to be in science, must have had a brain-laspe.
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Re: South African fossils could be new hominid species

Post by Elessarina » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:52 pm

RuleBritannia wrote:
Bruce Burleson wrote:This, indeed, is a significant find, but shouldn't this be in the Science category?
:doh: 'Twas supposed to be in science, must have had a brain-laspe.

It is now :)

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Re: South African fossils could be new hominid species

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:10 pm

Elessarina wrote:
RuleBritannia wrote:
Bruce Burleson wrote:This, indeed, is a significant find, but shouldn't this be in the Science category?
:doh: 'Twas supposed to be in science, must have had a brain-laspe.

It is now :)
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Re: New hominid fossils found in South Africa

Post by Ian » Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:26 pm

Cylons? :dono:

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Re: New hominid fossils found in South Africa

Post by Azathoth » Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:26 pm

"So I called my dad over and about five metres away he started swearing, and I was like 'what did I do wrong?' and he's like, 'nothing, nothing - you found a hominid'."

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