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20. He sawed off the branch of the evolutionary tree

Wed Nov 20, 2013, 10:40 AM

Nov 2013

upon which he was sitting.

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Who Was Throwing Spears Before Humans? [View all] HarveyDarkey Nov 2013 OP

We are an old species, just continually evolving Warpy Nov 2013 #1

H. erectus. Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #2

Headline should read "MODERN Humans". greyl Nov 2013 #3

Quite correct, though not quite for the reasons you put forth Scootaloo Nov 2013 #14

... Fumesucker Nov 2013 #4

....... trusty elf Nov 2013 #5

wow ... how far back does that Tea Party gathering go? napkinz Nov 2013 #6

Looks like xCommander AWOL (R) in the back left Berlum Nov 2013 #7

He sawed off the branch of the evolutionary tree trusty elf Nov 2013 #20

Given how far removed they are from the rest of society..... AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #8

Man, PLEASE Scootaloo Nov 2013 #15

... ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2013 #9

I was wondering how they date them, so I googled "how to date spearheads" The Straight Story Nov 2013 #11

~snort~ Fumesucker Nov 2013 #12

How can they date when the stone became the stone-tipped spear? kydo Nov 2013 #13

There's several methods, actually Scootaloo Nov 2013 #16

That's my question also Marrah_G Nov 2013 #18

slee-staks phantom power Nov 2013 #17

Poorly written articles like this need to be dumped Coyotl Nov 2013 #19

Thanks FarCenter Nov 2013 #22

That's interesting but maybe TexasProgresive Nov 2013 #21