'First human' discovered in Ethiopia

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Scientists have unearthed the jawbone of what they claim is one of the very first humans.

The 2.8 million-year-old specimen is 400,000 years older than researchers thought that our kind first emerged.

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I wonder what, if any, relationship he had with Adam.
 
Or at least the ‘first human’ until the next time we find an older one…
 
TheAdvocate said:
Scientists have unearthed the jawbone of what they claim is one of the very first humans.

The 2.8 million-year-old specimen is 400,000 years older than researchers thought that our kind first emerged.

(click on link to continue)

bbc.com/news/science-environment-31718336

I wonder what, if any, relationship he had with Adam.
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I get the idea that Adam was the first speaking and thinking human being, capable of moral responsibility and conscience. That wont necessarily be represented in the fossil record.
 
RGCheek said:
I get the idea that Adam was the first speaking and thinking human being, capable of moral responsibility and conscience. That wont necessarily be represented in the fossil record.
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What about a skeleton with a strategically-placed fossilized fig leaf?
 
No! I thought the “first human” was discovered in South Africa! My home country just lost another claim to fame.
 
Johann_du_Toit said:
No! I thought the “first human” was discovered in South Africa! My home country just lost another claim to fame.
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This is another case of science shifting the records with new data.

In thirty years there is likely going to be yet another different ‘first’ human fossil set.

I hope science remains this ay or else we would not have technological progress.
 
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