Archaeologica.org

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.

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

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.

Digit wrote:Make mine a large one!

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.

while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.