On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 05:01:35 -0800 (PST), "
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If it walked on two legs, it must be human!
Isn't that the criteria which they use to define a hominin? Until they change that definition, they will continue to believe it (despite gibbons, orangutans, gorillas and chimps all being able to walk and run bipedally). F.
Try habitual bipedalism, as reflected by the anatomy of the cranial
base, vertebral collumn, pelvis and lower leg.
On 5/1/2022 1:02 ?.?., MV wrote:
See the skull in Richard's right hand: does he really believe this is the skull of a human ancestor or even close relative?
https://www.science.org/content/article/renowned-paleoanthropologist-conservationist-richard-leakey-dies?utm_campaign=news_daily_2022-01-03&et_rid=17773784&et_cid=4055820
That happens to be KNM-ER 406, nowadays considered to be part of the
hypodigm of Paranthropus boisei:
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/fossils/knm-er-406
Recent phylogenetic analysis places Paranthropus as sister to
Kenyanthropus + Homo or a polytomy of Paranthropus + Kenyanthropus +
Homo:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004724841830143X
The one in his left hand is KNM-ER 1470:
https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/fossils/knm-er-1470
Both were recovered from Koobi Fora, area 10 and 131 respectively.
Not a coastal environment.
...
Richard is dead, very sad day PF
Yes, Richard, like his parents at Olduvai, has made significant
contributions to paleoanthropology by pioneering the paleontological exploration of the Turkana Basin south of the Omo Valley from 1968 on.
Lawrence Martin wrote: Dear colleagues and friends, I am sorry to have to share
with you the news that our friend & colleague Richard Leakey died a short while ago
at his farm in Kenya, where he was with Meave, Louise & Samira. Richard had been
in poor health for some time, and his lungs started to fail a couple of days ago.
There was an announcement by President Kenyatta at 7:00 pm Kenya time. https://www.president.go.ke/2022/01/02/message-of-condolence-from-h-e-hon-uhuru-kenyatta-following-the-death-of-former-head-of-public-service-dr-richard-leakey/
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