"A well-preserved complete skull from Dmanisi, Georgia, has ignited a firestorm, threatening to declassify various claimed species of Homo into one, Homo erectus.
A paper in Science by Lordkipanidze et al. has upset the applecart of human evolution again.
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A paper in Science by Lordkipanidze et al. has upset the applecart of human evolution again.
The Dmanisi sample, which now comprises five crania, provides direct evidence for wide morphological variation within and among early Homo paleodemes. This implies the existence of a single evolving lineage of early Homo, with phylogeographic continuity across continents.
With a new well-preserved, complete Dmanisi fossil, researchers at the cave in Georgia (near the Black Sea) have found five crania with more morphological variation between them than between the various proposed species of Homo (Homo rudolfensis, Homo habilis, etc.). This implies that all these assumed different species should be lumped into Homo erectus. The BBC News calls this a “blow to the multiple species idea.” All these types were just variations on the same kind, as shown in comparisons of the skulls side by side." CEHWhy does evolution seem like the blind lead the blind?
Can the blind lead the blind?
Luke 6:39