Europe was the birthplace of mankind, not Africa, scientists find

[Forogil]

lol you don't get it do you? No one uses the term theory in science unless its a scientific theory. It wouldn't make sense and would create confusion. The "non-scientific" theory you are alluding to is called a hypothesis in science.

It's not that simple.

Scientist usually (fake humility and) use 'theory' for everything - both theories that are tested - and others as 'string theory'.
A hypothesis would likely be used for an incomplete theory - or possibly a discredited theory.
The term "scientific theory" is practically never used in science.

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Huh, I mussed have missed it when they called it the hypothesis of evolution.

You missed Huxley's "The Darwinian Hypothesis (1859)"?

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/CE2/Hypo.html

But Darwin himself called it a theory, but used 'Lamarckian hypothesis' to refer to a discredited competing theory.

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It's not that simple.

Scientist usually (fake humility and) use 'theory' for everything - both theories that are tested - and others as 'string theory'.
A hypothesis would likely be used for an incomplete theory - or possibly a discredited theory.
The term "scientific theory" is practically never used in science.

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You missed Huxley's "The Darwinian Hypothesis (1859)"?

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/CE2/Hypo.html

But Darwin himself called it a theory, but used 'Lamarckian hypothesis' to refer to a discredited competing theory.

You make a good point. They are beeing lax with how they are using "theory" and really shouldn't do that as it ends up casting doubt on legitimate proven theories when there is none.

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No we are not even from this planet. Makes no sense. We either come from space or other dimensions.

I thought we came from one of the 13 colonies and our ancestors had sex with robots and apes?!?!

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I thought we came from one of the 13 colonies and our ancestors had sex with robots and apes?!?!

[Puupi]

I thought we came from one of the 13 colonies and our ancestors had sex with robots and apes?!?!

So say we all.

[Kuntantee]

If an article about science makes it way to mmo-c, I call it bullshit.

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It's false, just so you know.

The propaganda machine keeps on rolling...
embarrassing myself? no, that's your job. There is a reason why information is kept away from morons like you, because #1 you won't believe it or #2 you'll try your best to repress it because it doesn't follow your political, social, religious narrative of propaganda control.


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[ro9ue]

Another article linked on the same page:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2...l-study-finds/

So clearly the pieces are coming together. Man was made by an advanced species on Mars. And then were cast out by God to Earth, probably teleporting them into the Stonehenge ring. Stonehenge obviously being a druid circle used for teleportation - anyone who has played EverQuest knows that.

I love science.

[Mormolyce]

The propaganda machine keeps on rolling...

Apparently, lol.

[primalmatter]

Are people actually annoyed one theory challenges another....?

Why?

[faithbane]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2...ientists-find/



So um.. this is probably going to piss some people off. I'm genuinely surprised by this too though. It's interesting to see what scientists are still digging up. A lot of history books, specifically what kids are taught are going to have to be rewritten now to teach this. I would assume that most people know that early humans had their start in Africa but this does change a lot.

Wait I don't understand why this is a problem for anything? We were always told that the humans as in "Homo Sapiens" first emerged from Africa. 7.2M years old fossil is clearly waaaay before that. It is a died out branch of hominids that unless you can prove direct ancestry to this branch of hominid (which is probably impossible?) doesn't really challenge the current theory of homo sapiens history.

[Techno-Druid]

Wait I don't understand why this is a problem for anything? We were always told that the humans as in "Homo Sapiens" first emerged from Africa. 7.2M years old fossil is clearly waaaay before that. It is a died out branch of hominids that unless you can prove direct ancestry to this branch of hominid (which is probably impossible?) doesn't really challenge the current theory of homo sapiens history.

That's what I keep saying.

It also seems to have lured in Sargon of Akkad and his merry bunch of trolls and shitposters.