Science
Teeth found in Chinese caves changed what scientists thought about human evolution. They were wrong – Haaretz
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If you are blindfolded and grab an elephant’s tail, absent other clues you might think you’re the proud owner of a hairy snake. The more evidence you accrue, the closer to the truth you may approach. That’s the story of human evolution. All new evidence must be parsimoniously fit into the puzzle and where it flouts previous assumptions, the discredited assumptions, however credible when made, must be junked.
Now, what were thought to be signs of modern humans from as much as 120,000 years ago were…
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