long_dickofthelaw t1_j52y0dz wrote
Reply to comment by JACCO2008 in Prehistoric Fashion: Cut Marks On Ancient Bones Reveal The Trends 320.000 Years Ago - Archaeology Magazine by mikaelnorqvist
Ehhh I wouldn't call these humans in our current form. Behavioral modernity for humans is generally accepted to begin about 160,000–60,000 years ago. Nailing down exactly when Homo Sapien as a species emerged is a lot more difficult.
TheVentiLebowski t1_j53jk27 wrote
Good point. Humans became anatomically modern around 300,000 to 200,000 years ago, but intellectually modern around 70,000 to 50,000 years ago. Though this is disputed.There's a good summary on Wikipedia if you're interested.
There was a massive volcanic eruption around 74,000 years ago. It has been proposed that this caused a genetic bottleneck in the human population. Though this, too, has been disputed.
JACCO2008 t1_j530xjf wrote
That's more the timeline I was thinking. It would be interesting to try to have a conversation with one of the humans who made the jewelry. See if they're anything in common at all.
LeagueOfLegendsAcc t1_j53e737 wrote
Honestly I don't think there's any reason to think they would be much different behaviorally, we know at least 3 species of human have mated in the past. They also existed well into the time period of modern humans so I would bet we mated with them too but it may not be easy to tell in the genomic record. They probably wouldn't mate unless they were similar in many ways, but mainly behaviorally. Classifications that distinguish between different species of human are mainly physical differences, this leads me to believe that ancient human species were much more alike than we would be led to believe by our current colloquial definitions of species.
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