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Re:Jawbone of Earliest Modern Human Out of Africa Discovered... by badosu on Thursday January 25, 2018 @05:30PM (#16235330)
The theory is always 'wrong' if 'correct' means fitting the data perfectly.

Having to adjust the parameters of the model and having to change the fundamental aspects (e.g. humans came from Africa) are different things.

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Re:Jawbone of Earliest Modern Human Out of Africa Discovered... by thephyber on Thursday January 25, 2018 @09:02PM (#16236492)
It's interesting how you chose the oppose of "wrong" with "correct"; my first thought was "right".

Right/wrong is most commonly used in a moral framework. Correct/incorrect seems more apt during application of an observed value to an expected value.

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Re:Jawbone of Earliest Modern Human Out of Africa Discovered... by badosu on Thursday January 25, 2018 @09:50PM (#16236685)
You're right
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