| Tango01 | 20 Jun 2018 9:29 p.m. PST |
…. 700,000 Years Ago?. "Researchers have dated stone tools and bones from a butchered rhinoceros and other ancient fauna found in the Philippines' northern island of Luzon, that date back over 700,000 years, or several hundred thousand years before modern man evolved. So far no human bones have been discovered, but as reported in a recent report in the journal Nature, recent excavations in the Cagayan Valley of northern Luzon in the Philippines that have yielded 57 stone tools associated with an almost-complete disarticulated skeleton of Rhinoceros philippinensis, which shows clear signs of butchery, together with other fossil fauna remains attributed to stegodon, Philippine brown deer, freshwater turtle, and monitor lizard. The discovery raises many questions. Who were these early hunters? When did they arrive in the Philippines? How did they cross the seas to reach the islands? Because Homo sapiens, or modern man, did not arrive until around until around 300,000 years ago, the rhino hunters on Luzon were most likely Homo erectus, the first the first hominin believed to have ventured out of Africa…"
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Armand |
| Cacique Caribe | 20 Jun 2018 10:21 p.m. PST |
Maybe this will give rise to an Out of the Philippines Theory! :) Dan
PS. And more grant money! |
| Alxbates | 20 Jun 2018 10:38 p.m. PST |
Fascinating! What an interesting and varied world we live in. I will forever imagine that our myths about Sasquatch and other such creatures come from relict populations of homonids, a few families in remote locations hanging on to existence just up to the edge of modern history. |
| Cacique Caribe | 20 Jun 2018 11:03 p.m. PST |
That would be amazing. Incredible. Dan |
rvandusen  | 21 Jun 2018 3:38 a.m. PST |
Fascinating! A similar mystery to the ancient tools found on Crete – if my memory does not betray me, the Cretan Paleolithic tools are too old for Homo Sapiens, but the only way for an early hominid to have arrived on the island was by a raft or boat. Though the sea levels were lower than today, there was still quite a gap of open water surrounding Crete. I imagine Luzon was in a similar situation 700,000 years ago. Maybe Homo erectus was more intelligent than we assume, or maybe archaic Homo sapiens has to be pushed farther back in time. |
| Zyphyr | 21 Jun 2018 7:44 a.m. PST |
Clearly they were transported there by aliens. |
| Tango01 | 21 Jun 2018 10:35 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my friends!. (smile) Amicalement
ARmand |
| Cacique Caribe | 21 Jun 2018 1:25 p.m. PST |
Zephyr: "Clearly they were transported there by aliens." Nah, they used leftover evolved Dino stargates. Dan |
| rvandusen | 21 Jun 2018 2:42 p.m. PST |
Here is the Crete artifacts. link |
| Tango01 | 22 Jun 2018 12:10 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 24 Jun 2018 9:26 a.m. PST |
"Homo Erectus in the Philippines" Am I the only one who chuckles every time that's said? Dan |
| Jeigheff | 24 Jun 2018 11:24 a.m. PST |
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 Legion 4  | 25 Jun 2018 2:53 p.m. PST |
"The truth is out there " … |
| Cacique Caribe | 07 Jul 2018 3:26 p.m. PST |
I'm still laughing, and shaking my head. Dan |
considers the Battle of Delium, 424 B.C.