Just read this today...what do you all think...? An ancient human ancestor that lived more than four million years ago has been brought to life by scientists in stunning recreations. It is the face of a species known as Australopithecus anamensis, an ancient species even older than the famed Lucy - a member of a related species known as A. afarensis. The tiny skull was found almost entirely intact in Ethiopia in 2016 and proves the two species co-existed for at least 100,000 years. Researchers uncovered the adult male skull in the river delta of a now-extinct lake and the researchers found the species had a small brain with a long, narrow skull. However, it also reveals the species had prominent cheekbones that make the face look like more recent humans. A. anamensis is the oldest known member of the genus Australopithecus. Our own genus, Homo, is widely thought to have evolved from this group. MRD, the informal moniker given to the skull, has been dubbed as the next great 'celebrated icon of human evolution'. Read the rest here with more photos and video of the reconstruction of the face... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...-direct-human-ancestor-revealed.html#comments
Fascinating. Kinda makes you feel insignificant, doesn't it? I wonder what life forms 4.2 million years from now who find a skull from the present time will think of us?
I'm one of those annoying people who believe man was made in God's image and I'm quite sure He doesn't look like that. These are the same kind of scientist that once said Pluto was a planet until they found out they were wrong. They've changed their minds on other things as well, so, I have limited confidence in their supposed truths.
I believe it tbh...you're right Shirley it does make you feel insignificant to think of all those millions of years before we were here, and then for it all to continue on after we've gone.. Bess.. but..but...how do you KNOW what God looked like.. God may have been like Galen on the planet of the apes. ...I'm not being disrespectful to anyone's beliefs, but none of us know what GOD looked like or even if there was one..
Science continues to develop means & methods of identifying the origin of mankind. Religion helps some to fill the need to understand. Science on the other hand demonstrates evolution. The mystery of how humans came to be on planet earth may one day have a definitive answer. Meanwhile there is this picture of one butt ugly 4 million year old ancestor.
Well did we evolve from fish or ape - must have been a very specific species as there are still plenty more fish in the sea And - an ape is an ape, looking the same as he always did
I suppose a scientific thread on what dictates evolution might solve why apes remain apes. My theory goes something like this. Some not all humans from lets say St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands decide conditions there don't meet their needs. They migrate to Alaska. Food, shelter and the living conditions they were used to are no longer their norm. Over a few thousand years they evolve to adapt to the conditions they faced. Meanwhile the humans that remained in St. Thomas didn't need to change. There are examples of evolution, but how mankind became at all is still being investigated.
Thank you Bob - we were also told at one time we came from fish, I know they're intelligent but I just don't buy that one Apes are extremely intelligent of course, but in all these years, they remain 'the same' - you would think by now, they would want change ………… @Bob Kirk