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    A finger bone from an unexpected place and time upends the story of human migration o

    A story that gives the middle finger to the out-of-Africa narrative.

    A finger bone from an unexpected place and time upends the story of human migration out of Africa


    Four views of the fossil finger bone from Al Wusta in Saudi Arabia. Scientists say it belonged to a member of the Homo sapiens species who lived about 88,000 years ago. The bone itself is about 3 centimeters long and less than 1 centimeter across. (Ian Cartwright)

    It's only 3 centimeters long and less than 1 centimeter wide, but it has the potential to rewrite the history of our ancestors' migration out of Africa.

    The object in question is a fossilized piece of a bone, probably the middle portion of a middle finger. Based on its shape, scientists believe that it belonged to a member of the Homo sapiens species.

    Two things make it unusually significant.

    First, uranium series dating techniques indicate that the bone is between 85,000 and 90,000 years old.

    Second, it was found in Al Wusta, a site in Saudi Arabia's Nefud desert that's hundreds of miles from the nearest coastline.

    Those factors stand in sharp contrast to the traditional "out of Africa" narrative of human migration. Based on both archaeological evidence and genetic analysis, this theory posits that modern humans left their home continent about 60,000 years ago and stayed near the coasts as they spread out across the world.

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    Imagine that. The middle finger. Poetic?
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    Imagine that. The middle finger. Poetic?
    You were on their mind!
    Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I digress....

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    Quote Originally Posted by AZ Jim View Post
    You were on their mind!
    I am that great! Of course, they might not have known about me but could have expected me. Thanks!
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


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    That is amazing!
    “Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured…but not everyone must prove they are a citizen. And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.”



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