Denisovan Hominids

Amazing new information indicates that the genes from the Denisova people are contained in human populations in southeast Asia, but not in the mainland Asian populations, which indicates that the Denisovans migrated long distances before they started interbreeding with humans.

From the cave in Siberia where the first remains were found, one might expect to find their genes in the people of Inner Asia, but their descendants are located essentially south of Borneo, south of the “Wallace Line” on the map below. This is the same general area where the ‘Hobbit’ people were discovered.

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Neanderthal and humans also left evidence of their presence in the same cave, along with the DNA of another ancient unidentified hominid.

Not too many years ago, the theory was humans originated in Africa and populated the earth, eventually killing all the other hominids as they progressed (and all the mega-fauna.)
Now science tells us that non-Africans contain about 4% Neanderthal genes, and humans also have genes from other hominids. Instead of killing them, it appears we were fornicating with them and data has shown the climate (not humans) are the cause for the collapse of populations of mega-fauna.
Can it get more twisted? I certainly hope so.

Have a great day.

Another Update to the Evolution Story

In recent news, the discovery and analysis of some five skulls in Dmanisi, Georgia has yielded new data about the number of ancestors on our family tree.

The five H erectus skulls found in Dmanisi, Georgia. Photograph: Ponce de Leo?n, Zollikofe/University of Zurich

The five H erectus skulls found in Dmanisi, Georgia. Photograph: Ponce de Leon, Zollikofe/University of Zurich

One skull appeared to be quite different than the others, but after measuring the dimensions of all of them, the scientists determined that the dimensional variation was not very different than that found among humans. This lead them to analyze other fossil hominids and they found out that most other discoveries fell within the dimensional variation of homo erectus, as had the 1.8 million year-old Dmanisi finds.

This means that some of the branches on our family tree may not be a separate species.

Again, the paradigm shifts to accept new data.

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Has Anyone Found the Naacal Tablets?

No, credible proof of the existence of the Naacal Tablets does not exist.

Occasionally I still run across references to the recent ‘discovery’ of the very tablets that James wrote about in his books.
The source comes from a German language article written by a German Travel Guide that does tours to India. In January 2011, I made a blog entry that mentioned Die goldene Tempelbibliothek von Mu (The Golden Temple Library of Mu ).
The author did, after some period of time, provide photographs to document his ‘discovery.’

After the evidence was presented, I did my due diligence in presenting the evidence in both a blog posting and a podcast. Subsequent information posted on the My-Mu.com Guest Blog revealed the chicanery.

The short answer is still No, other than James Churchward, nobody has seen the Naacal tablets. The Naacal Tablets James wrote he saw were made of clay, the latest ‘evidence’ were stone and metal. The other obvious clue was the photograph of a metal plate, supposedly from the vaults beneath the temple, is actually on display at a Beirut, Lebanon museum and is an example of Proto-Byblian script from the 2nd millennium BCE. And how old were the monks to remember my great-grandfather’s visit in the 1870s?

Long answer, read the blog posting, watch the podcast and then read what a real historian wrote about it.

Don’t be fooled.

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