Beagle wrote:http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Displa ... 322518.xml
DOHA • A prehistoric settlement in what is now Qatar may confirm alternative theories on how early humans emigrated from the African continent, a report in a Danish newspaper said.
Danish archaeologists have uncovered a settlement they believe may be over 700,000 years old, making it the oldest organised human community ever found, reported Berlingske Tidende newspaper.
Eight dwellings in the desert region of Qatar indicate that an early human species crossed what is now the Red Sea to leave their origins in Africa, according to the scientists. There is still uncertainty within the scientific community as to which routes early humans used to migrate out of Africa.
The new discovery has only been tentatively dated by the archaeologists, who have estimated the age from types of artefacts found at the site, which include axes and knives.
Other dating tests are necessary to confirm the estimates, but the find can only be carbon-dated with accuracy if organic material, such as bones, are found.
This is an early report from a site in Qater. More news is sure to follow in the future. Hopefully human remains will be found.
I imagine a chorus of members of Das Klub singing
The following in falsetto similar to that of gelded chipmunks..........
"Because it
Can’t be now
Oh no
Can’t be now
Oh no
Can’t be now
Oh no
Can’t be now
Oh no
Can’t be now
Oh no
Can’t be this loneliness
Baby, surrounding me.
No, no, no it just can’t be.
No it just can’t be
Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, just can’t be.
No, no, no
No it just can’t be"
(lifted out of context from Janis Joplin to whom I apologize)
Hmmm........
8 dwellings would indicate an organised group effort.
Call it shared group cognition.
The existence of language comes to mind....
8 dwellings would indicate at least a semi-permanent settlement, which,
In turn would indicate that the shared group cognition had also
Figured out that the surrounding resources of the landscape
Would support the band for an indefinite period of time.
8 dwellings would indicate a previously existing methodology for use of
Construction materials and technique, which, in turn
Means that we have a hope of finding earlier, cruder attempts
At settlement building.
Finally, the citizens of said settlement were without a doubt NOT
Homo sap.
And on that I think I'll pour myself a nice fat
Glass of white bordeaux
And sit grinning for awhile.
hoka hey
john
"Man is a marvellous curiosity. When he is at his very, very best he is sort of a low-grade nickel-plated angel; at his worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and last and all the time he is a sarcasm."
Mark Twain
