Re:Oldest Fossils of Homo Sapiens Found in Morocco
by puranjay on Thursday June 08, 2017 @05:19AM
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I know there are probably some very good evolutionary explanations for human beings, but to a complete layman like me, the difference between human and ape intelligence are way too much to attribute to an accident of natural selection.
Plus, I think an extraterrestrial source for human life just makes me think of all sorts of geeky fantasies.
Re:Oldest Fossils of Homo Sapiens Found in Morocco
by qarioz on Thursday June 08, 2017 @07:01AM
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What about hybridization? There's a hypothesis that once a primate mate with a pig and the resulting hybrid become humanity ancestor. It can explain a leap in evolution and explain things like lack of hair.
I will always hope that we find some clue which suggests humans came from somewhere other than Earth. That would probably be the second best thing, after proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, to spur deep-space exploration.
I'd love some good science fiction based on that idea at least. Mars seems like a plausible candidate; We ruined it/were forced to leave, fled to Earth, culled the dinosaurs, and made here home.