Jadi yang bener yang mana? Manusia keturunan Cro-Magnon atau keturunan Nabi Adam? Atau Nabi Adam itu manusia cro-magnon?
On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 11:01 PM, H. M. Nur Abdurahman < mnur.abdurrah...@yahoo.co.id> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "sunny" <am...@tele2.se <ambon%40tele2.se>> > To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> > Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 01:36 > Subject: [wanita-muslimah] Child fossil find may be man's missing link > > > http://www.theage.com.au/world/child-fossil-find-may-be-mans-missing-link-20100404-rll2.html > > Child fossil find may be man's missing link > RICHARD GRAY, LONDON > > April 5, 2010 > A skeleton discovered in South Africa has scientists abuzz. > > A ''MISSING link'' between humans and their ape-like ancestors has been > discovered. > > The new species of hominid, the evolutionary branch of primates that > includes humans, will be revealed when the 2-million-year-old skeleton of a > child will be unveiled this week. > > Scientists believe the almost-complete fossilised skeleton belonged to a > previously unknown type of early human ancestor that may have been an > intermediate stage as ape-men evolved into the first species of advanced > humans, Homo habilis. > > Experts who have seen the skeleton say it shares characteristics with Homo > habilis, whose emergence 2.5 million years ago is seen as a key stage in the > evolution of our species. > > The discovery could help rewrite the history of human evolution by filling > in crucial gaps in scientific knowledge. > > Most fossilised hominid remains are little more than scattered fragments of > bone, so the find of an almost-complete skeleton will allow scientists to > answer key questions about what our early ancestors looked like and when > they began walking upright on two legs. > > Palaeontologists and human evolutionary experts behind the discovery have > kept silent about the exact details of what they have uncovered, but the > scientific community is abuzz with anticipation of the announcement of the > find on Thursday. > > Professor Lee Berger, of the University of the Witwatersrand, found the > skeleton while exploring cave systems in the Sterkfontein region of South > Africa, near Johannesburg, an area known as ''the cradle of humanity''. > > The find is deemed so significant that South African President Jacob Zuma > has visited the university to view the fossils and a media campaign with > television documentaries is planned. > > Professor Phillip Tobias, an eminent human anatomist and anthropologist at > the university who was one of three experts to first identify Homo habilis > as a species of human in 1964, described the latest discovery as wonderful > and exciting. > > He is one of the few scientists outside the research group behind the > discovery who have seen the skeletons. > > ''To find a skeleton, as opposed to a couple of teeth or an arm bone, is a > rarity. It is one thing to find a lower jaw with a couple of teeth, but it > is another thing to find the jaw joined on to the skull, and those in turn > uniting further down with the spinal column, pelvis and the limb bones,'' he > said. > > ''It is not a single find, but several specimens representing several > individuals.'' > > The fossil skeleton was found along with several other partially complete > fossils, encased in breccia sedimentary rock inside a limestone cave known > as Malapa cave. > > The fossil record of early humans is notoriously patchy and scientists hope > these remains will provide fresh clues about how our species evolved. > > Scientists believe a group of ape-like hominids, Australopithecus, which > first emerged in Africa about 3.9 million years ago, gradually evolved into > the first Homo species. About 2.5 million years ago, Homo habilis, the first > species to be described as distinctly human, began to appear. > > ############################################################################################### > HMNA: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3023685.stm > The latest research by Giorgio Bertorelle and his team from the University > of Ferrara in Italy, compared genetic material from Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon > humans and 21st-Century Europeans. The DNA from the Neanderthals and > Cro-Magnons was taken from their bones. The genetic material was extracted > from cell structures called mitochondria rather than the nucleus. The > scientists found that while, unsurprisingly, modern humans show clear > genetic signs of their Cro-Magnon ancestry, no such link between Neanderthal > DNA and modern man DNA could be established. > > ############################################################################################################## > > It is thought the fossil to be unveiled this week will be identified as a > new species that fits between Australopithecus and Homo habilis. > > TELEGRAPH > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ======================= Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. 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