Erectus Shrinking

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And away they go!

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/ ... of-africa/
These ongoing studies are concluding that present-day genetic variation is inconsistent with a simple model where a random-mating ancestral population gives rise to today’s global population by means of a staged out-of-Africa dispersal. They next look at a model with some substantial (possibly complete) isolation between ancient human populations followed by a subsequent out-of-Africa dispersal. They show that this model fits the data significantly better.
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So logic is finally prevailing on this, have you looked at this Uni? Comments?

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Great! As usual you gave us a tour of the English language whilst dodging the question, which being, not your critique of the Club Mantra, but an alternative, please.
Preferably with some logic or evidence in support.

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Political in that it instills the consequent assumption in people that they're all Africans

That's a real stretch, Uni.
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Without a posted shred of evidence offered in support.

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If you don't want the answer, why ask the question ?
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I do want an answer. If you claim that politics have dictated the 'accepted' view of early Homo I simply ask you to provide some support.
The fact that you may firmly believe that Lord Nelson was a woman in disguise is insufficiently convincing. I have asked in the past for some evidence in support of your opinions, I am still waiting.

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Digit wrote:I do want an answer. If you claim that politics have dictated the 'accepted' view of early Homo I simply ask you to provide some support.
The fact that you may firmly believe that Lord Nelson was a woman in disguise is insufficiently convincing. I have asked in the past for some evidence in support of your opinions, I am still waiting.
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Make mine a large one! :lol:

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Digit wrote:Make mine a large one! :lol:
If this is a bar then it's a DIY job, Roy...!

So, if you're going to get one anyway, can you get me a six-pack please? Saves you getting up all the time... :lol:
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Noam Chomsky wrote:

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.
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And for every conspicy theory there are some fools who will believe it.
Digit.

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uniface wrote:Noam Chomsky wrote:

The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.
Digit wrote:And for every conspicy theory there are some fools who will believe it.
Both true.
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while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.
But to have a debate RS one has to have something to debate. Have you got any clue as to where Uni stands on anything? I certainly haven't.

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