I am more concerned that a philosopher is unable to define the word "race", because it is a NAUGHT concept in #genetics #biology about #human That's my huge HUGE concern I'm not a philosopher, nor epistemologist. But his tactics resemble frankly those of #agnotology concern: Smokescreen studies
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(To the tune of Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man)

Hey, Homo Sapiens woman, Neanderthal man
We get together every time we can
Being different species can't keep us apart
There's too much love in this Neanderthal heart
Too much love in this Homo Sapiens heart

https://archaeologymag.com/2026/02/male-neanderthals-and-female-homo-sapiens/

#archaeology #paleoanthropology #dna #genetics #neanderthal

Is the “million-year-old” skull from China a Denisovan or something else? #Science #Biology #Genetics #Denisovan #AncientHumanSkull #Paleoanthropology
https://purescience.news/article?id=959021
Is the “million-year-old” skull from China a Denisovan or something else?

A fossil skull from China that made headlines last week may or may not be a million years old, but it's probably closely related to Denisovans. The fossil skull, dubbed Yunxian 2, is one of three unearthed from a terrace alongside the Han River, in central China, in a layer of river sediment somewhere between 600,000 and 1 million years old. Archaeologists originally identified them as Homo erectus, but Hanjiang Normal University paleoanthropologist Xiaobo Feng and his colleagues’ recent digital reconstruction of Yunxian 2 suggests the skulls may actually have belonged to someone a lot more similar to us: a hominin group defined as a species called Homo longi or a Denisovan, depending on who’s doing the naming. The recent paper adds fuel—and a new twist—to that debate. And the whole thing may hinge on a third skull from the same site, still waiting to be published. Read full article Comments

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Is the “million-year-old” skull from China a Denisovan or something else? #Science #Biology #Genetics #Denisovan #AncientHumanSkull #Paleoanthropology
https://purescience.news/article?id=959021
Is the “million-year-old” skull from China a Denisovan or something else?

A fossil skull from China that made headlines last week may or may not be a million years old, but it's probably closely related to Denisovans. The fossil skull, dubbed Yunxian 2, is one of three unearthed from a terrace alongside the Han River, in central China, in a layer of river sediment somewhere between 600,000 and 1 million years old. Archaeologists originally identified them as Homo erectus, but Hanjiang Normal University paleoanthropologist Xiaobo Feng and his colleagues’ recent digital reconstruction of Yunxian 2 suggests the skulls may actually have belonged to someone a lot more similar to us: a hominin group defined as a species called Homo longi or a Denisovan, depending on who’s doing the naming. The recent paper adds fuel—and a new twist—to that debate. And the whole thing may hinge on a third skull from the same site, still waiting to be published. Read full article Comments

Pure Science News
Is the “million-year-old” skull from China a Denisovan or something else? #Science #Biology #Genetics #Denisovan #AncientHumanSkull #Paleoanthropology
https://purescience.news/article?id=959021
Is the “million-year-old” skull from China a Denisovan or something else?

A fossil skull from China that made headlines last week may or may not be a million years old, but it's probably closely related to Denisovans. The fossil skull, dubbed Yunxian 2, is one of three unearthed from a terrace alongside the Han River, in central China, in a layer of river sediment somewhere between 600,000 and 1 million years old. Archaeologists originally identified them as Homo erectus, but Hanjiang Normal University paleoanthropologist Xiaobo Feng and his colleagues’ recent digital reconstruction of Yunxian 2 suggests the skulls may actually have belonged to someone a lot more similar to us: a hominin group defined as a species called Homo longi or a Denisovan, depending on who’s doing the naming. The recent paper adds fuel—and a new twist—to that debate. And the whole thing may hinge on a third skull from the same site, still waiting to be published. Read full article Comments

Pure Science News
Is the “million-year-old” skull from China a Denisovan or something else? #Science #Biology #Genetics #Denisovan #AncientHumanSkull #Paleoanthropology
https://purescience.news/article?id=959021
Is the “million-year-old” skull from China a Denisovan or something else?

A fossil skull from China that made headlines last week may or may not be a million years old, but it's probably closely related to Denisovans. The fossil skull, dubbed Yunxian 2, is one of three unearthed from a terrace alongside the Han River, in central China, in a layer of river sediment somewhere between 600,000 and 1 million years old. Archaeologists originally identified them as Homo erectus, but Hanjiang Normal University paleoanthropologist Xiaobo Feng and his colleagues’ recent digital reconstruction of Yunxian 2 suggests the skulls may actually have belonged to someone a lot more similar to us: a hominin group defined as a species called Homo longi or a Denisovan, depending on who’s doing the naming. The recent paper adds fuel—and a new twist—to that debate. And the whole thing may hinge on a third skull from the same site, still waiting to be published. Read full article Comments

Pure Science News

RE: https://genomic.social/@lwpembleton/116167971423177725

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