Science is finally moving closer to the truth

JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists said Monday they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man, and if so, it could upset theories of the origin of humans.

A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Israel said teeth found in the cave are about 400,000 years old and resemble those of other remains of modern man, known scientifically as Homo sapiens, found in Israel. The earliest Homo sapiens remains found until now are half as old.

"It's very exciting to come to this conclusion," said archaeologist Avi Gopher, whose team examined the teeth with X-rays and CT scans and dated them according to the layers of earth where they were found.

He stressed that further research is needed to solidify the claim. If it does, he says, "this changes the whole picture of evolution."

The accepted scientific theory is that Homo sapiens originated in Africa and migrated out of the continent. Gopher said if the remains are definitively linked to modern human's ancestors, it could mean that modern man in fact originated in what is now Israel.

Sir Paul Mellars, a prehistory expert at Cambridge University, said the study is reputable, and the find is "important" because remains from that critical time period are scarce, but it is premature to say the remains are human.

"Based on the evidence they've sited, it's a very tenuous and frankly rather remote possibility," Mellars said. He said the remains are more likely related to modern man's ancient relatives, the Neanderthals.

According to today's accepted scientific theories, modern humans and Neanderthals stemmed from a common ancestor who lived in Africa about 700,000 years ago. One group of descendants migrated to Europe and developed into Neanderthals, later becoming extinct. Another group stayed in Africa and evolved into Homo sapiens — modern humans.

Teeth are often unreliable indicators of origin, and analyses of skull remains would more definitively identify the species found in the Israeli cave, Mellars said.

Gopher, the Israeli archaeologist, said he is confident his team will find skulls and bones as they continue their dig.

The prehistoric Qesem cave was discovered in 2000, and excavations began in 2004. Researchers Gopher, Ran Barkai and Israel Hershkowitz published their study in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.


source : http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ml_israel_ancient_teeth

The consistent shift in scientific theories as far as human origins and "evolution" is concerned shows just unreliable their so called theories can be i was just reading on Nat geo that there could have been another universe that existed before the so called big bang

Another scientific summersault

Space Circles Are Proof of a Pre-Big Bang Universe? Recycled-universe theory "works on paper," but details missing, critics say.
Ring-like patterns in the sky could be ghostly imprints of a universe that existed before the big bang, according to a controversial new study.

If the theory is correct, the cosmic rings may be the first real-world evidence that our current universe is just the latest in an endless string of recycled universes, the study authors say. (Related: "Universe Reborn Endlessly in New Model of the Cosmos."

Astronomers found the circular patterns in a new analysis of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), which is the radiation left over from the big bang that now permeates the universe.

Within the newly described rings, many of which are nested like ripples in a pond, the temperature is more uniform than elsewhere in the CMB sky. (See pictures of other odd rings and spirals in space.)

One possible explanation for these rings is that they were created when black holes collided in a previous universe, according to Roger Penrose of the University of Oxford in the U.K. and Vahe Gurzadyan of the Yerevan Physics Institute in Armenia.

Scientists think that when two black holes crash together, they emit ripples of energy known as gravitational waves. The more massive the colliding black holes, the more numerous and powerful the waves.

Gravitational waves distort the fabric of space-time and—according to Penrose and Gurzadyan—the waves can leave imprints of their passage in the form of ring-like patterns.

If our universe is one in a series of reborn universes, this would mean that the rings survived our big bang and now "allow us to 'see through' the big bang into the previous aeon," Penrose and Gurzadyan write in their study. Neither study author could be reached for comment.

(Get the ten biggest cosmic mindblowers of 2010 as chosen by National Geographic News editors.)

If the concept of patterns surviving a big bang event sounds far-fetched, don't worry: Even other astrophysicists find it hard to believe.

"That part confuses me as well," said James Zibin, of Canada's University of British Columbia. "It just seems odd to me that the effects of these ripples could survive at all during these transitions. , That's one of the many details that hasn't been fleshed out."

Universe Gets Recycled?

xactly why I am an arts student-no long stories

@ Kunleoshob

Science is far closer to this "truth" than you can ever imagine. All these announcements are nothing compared to what the alternative science community have already discovered. FYI, science is merging with spiritualism at a breakneck speed right at this moment, but the general public are not being fully informed how far science has gone.

Why force an hasty marriage btw science and superstition. New discoveries influence changes in science. Science is self corrective. Unlike superstitions which are created to be inquiry proof.

@ KunleOshob

You're jumping the gun. Did you notice the tail end of the article?

KunleOshob:

Science is finally moving closer to the truth

JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists said Monday they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man, and if so, it could upset theories of the origin of humans.

A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Israel said teeth found in the cave are about 400,000 years old and resemble those of other remains of modern man, known scientifically as Homo sapiens, found in Israel. The earliest Homo sapiens remains found until now are half as old.

. . . .

Teeth are often unreliable indicators of origin, and analyses of skull remains would more definitively identify the species found in the Israeli cave, Mellars said.

Gopher, the Israeli archaeologist, said he is confident his team will find skulls and bones as they continue their dig.
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Don't be too hasty.

@ KunleOshob

You may also wish to read the article completely before coming to such a conclusion especially in such a highly specialized field.

For those interested, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101227-universes-circles-cosmic-background-radiation-big-bang-science-space/

Here's another article saying something else.

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101210/full/news.2010.665.html

Again, do not be too hasty.

It is amazing how the biblical fundamentalists seek to jump on the scientific bandwagon when science seems to prove their myths.
Although in this case it does not actually support the title of the post.
If anything, what the find will do is put another nail in the coffin of the "inerrant bible".

I was wondering how long it would take Israelis to find ''scientific proof'' for their bible fantasies.

The truth is; be it science or religion, I don't think we are closer to the truth we stretch the limits of our understanding and make-up theories along the way. unfortunately for Man, we are the most curious (for knowledge) lot even our own findings find no depth to completely answer questions of our own making. e.g how did we get here, where are we headed, is there a God, why did he put us here etc.