[HN Gopher] The curse of Toumai: an ancient skull and a bitter f...
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       The curse of Toumai: an ancient skull and a bitter feud over
       humanity's origins
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2025-06-12 21:50 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | dd_xplore wrote:
       | When humanity (including all the homo species) gained
       | intelligence over 2-300000 years ago, I'm genuinely surprised
       | that they were able to live so long together!
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       | Although 'species' is term is bit extreme, which is why they
       | reproduced with each other a lot!
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       | I also wonder what kind of history they might have! It's
       | interesting to think about. Most of the history that we have is
       | already opinionated....
        
       | ldjkfkdsjnv wrote:
       | the big secret is that modern humans are hybrids of different
       | types of prehistoric populations. those populations were far more
       | distinct than we are now. this hybridization explains large
       | variances in human behavior across geographies
        
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