Great ape teeth: Discovery in Germany could re-write human history

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Something about this is fishy. I don't know enough anthropology to even understand the finding or implications. But it just doesn't bode well.

[–]knowbodyelse 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

our picture of the past is anything but complete and settled, despite the authoritarian certainty of our history teachers.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I can appreciate that our picture of human history is incomplete. The authoritarian certainty of history teachers is drastically different then the understanding of professional scientists. Not that there isn't room for improvement in the science, by definition there is, but these bombshell findings require a healthy amount of necessary skepticism.

[–]knowbodyelse 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

yes. I feel the same way about prehistory. we call it prehistory because we don't have an accurate appraisal of the state of affairs.

[–]DirewolfGhost 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

We call it prehistory because we have NO appraisal of ANYTHING. History is simply what was written, not what was written accurately.

[–]juggernaut8 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

History is simply what was written, not what was written accurately.

An important distinction indeed.