Human evolution in Sunda and Sahul and the continuing contributions of Professor Colin Groves

Westaway, Michael C.; Durband, Arthur C.; Lambert, David

doi:10.22459/tt.05.2015.12

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“…Additionally, in the LGM, there was an increased sexual size dimorphism at Ishango (Crevecoeur et al 2016), and at the Willandra Lakes (Westaway et al 2015), and also at the Levant; Ohalo 2 is "considerably larger than the female from Nahal Ein Gev I, suggesting strong sexual dimorphism in size" (Hershkovitz et al 1995). These data reveal cooling-triggered DNA-driven anatomical retrogression.…”

Section: The Lgm and Dna-driven Anatomical Retrogressionmentioning

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Homo sapiens' birth and ProgRetrogProg evolution by DNA's extreme climate-induced rearrangement

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2023

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The birth time of Homo sapiens is still controversial between 2 million and 100 thousand years ago. A new paradigm can resolve the deadlock: The glacial maximum ~140 ka wiped out Pre-Sapiens almost completely but a small population macroevolutionary progressed into Sapiens in the Levant ~140 ka, and REAL early moderns, REAL early Neanderthals, and REAL early Denisovans originated from this new population. In other words, the common ancestral population was NOT in Africa before 500 ka. The evidence presented here for the parallelism between paleoclimatic coolings and anatomical retrogressions, and vice versa, suggests that retro-progressive evolution was DNA-driven. It means that DNA has retrogressive and progressive forces and also a nonstop dominance struggle between the two. Seemingly, extreme coolings and warmings were a triggering factor for rearrangement of DNA. At those times, the DNA sometimes produced both anatomical and behavioral progression (such as the birth of Sapiens and a synchronous shift from Tabun D-type Mousterian to Tabun C-type), sometimes anatomical retrogression but behavioral progression (for example, despite anatomical retrogression, the reappearance of Neanderthal burials in MIS 4), and also sometimes both anatomical and behavioral retrogression (such as the births of Floresiensis and Luzonensis). This DNA-driven process can also explain the extinctions of Neanderthals, Denisovans, and the hobbits: an increasing progressive dominance (a decreasing retrogressive dominance) in their DNA. If this was the case, the enigma that why Sapiens is the only living species of the genus Homo is enlightened too.

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Section: The Lgm and Dna-driven Anatomical Retrogressionmentioning

confidence: 76%

“…In Australia, WLH 50, WLH 152, WLH 153, and the Kow Swamp remains also confirm the anatomical retrogression in the LGM, "cranial robusticity does not emerge until the approach to the Last Glacial Maximum" (Westaway et al 2015).…”

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Homo sapiens' birth and ProgRetrogProg evolution by DNA's extreme climate-induced rearrangement

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2023

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Development of 'Video Bank' Based on Prehistoric Community Life at The Sangiran Site as an Independent Learning Media

Jati

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Sulistyo

2020

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

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Accessibility toward archaeological remains is a vital component in the Indonesian prehistoric lesson among students. Unfortunately, those archaeological relics are scattered in various places throughout Indonesia. Resources for prehistoric period both for lecturer and researcher are abundant, with resources being collected both on several museum and preservation center. The purpose of this paper is to provide an innovation of learning media through R&D methodological phase onto Bank of Video on social prehistoric life in Sangiran sites as independent learning media. First step is the exploration to gain primary data and the preparation of video’s plot held in Sangiran, Sragen, Central Java. Second phase is development process to validate the draft and limited experiment, in order to deliver “normal” accomplishment. The last process, since several revisions of previous stages, is implementation of media, which average outcome is >80. It elucidates the effectiveness of Bank of Video as learning media.

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Human evolution in Sunda and Sahul and the continuing contributions of Professor Colin Groves

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Homo sapiens' birth and ProgRetrogProg evolution by DNA's extreme climate-induced rearrangement

Homo sapiens' birth and ProgRetrogProg evolution by DNA's extreme climate-induced rearrangement

Development of 'Video Bank' Based on Prehistoric Community Life at The Sangiran Site as an Independent Learning Media

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