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Post by Nemesis on Mar 6, 2003 9:36:52 GMT -5
In 1891 a Dutch doctor named Eugene Dubois went to the East Indies to investigate Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, which at the time was new and controversial. Excavating in the Wajak Mountains in East Java, a Dutch colony, he discovered part of the skull of a creature he at first believed to be an ape. Eleven months later, in August 1892, some distance away but at the same level as his original find, he discovered a femur or thigh bone.
Dubois believed that they came from the same creature and that the femur indicated that it had walked on two legs. He published his findings in 1894, claiming that this Homo erectus was an ancestor of modern humans that had lived about a million years ago. The assertion that human ancestors go back so far in time threatened both the scientific and religious orthodoxies of the day. The outcry became so intense that Dubois reburied his discoveries under his own house, where they remained for the next 30 years.
Today, Java Man is thought to be about 1.7 million years old, and is seen as a good example of Homo erectus, a distant ancestor of modern humans.
See.. we Dutchies are always right ;D
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Post by CatBreath on Mar 22, 2003 16:25:57 GMT -5
yes but you need to believe in your findings more...
burying homo erectus in yar datchy yard... not very sciencey of you.
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Post by Nemesis on Mar 24, 2003 7:23:26 GMT -5
I know.. Imagine.. this dude.. in Darwin's time makes ya think.. cuz there was ALOTTA resistance to his theory. Imagine you saying YOU found another pre-human-monkey-face while people with huge hayforks are running after Darwin.. ;D
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Post by CatBreath on Mar 24, 2003 11:45:31 GMT -5
well showing that monkey face could have helped darwin.... as you know im a big fan of his... and i've always liked a good burning... so i don't think i would have buried it in my basement...
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Post by Nemesis on Mar 25, 2003 11:26:51 GMT -5
No me neither.. but then.. I can imagine hé did
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