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AMac78's avatar

This essay is a wonderful perspective on the state of the field. The penultimate paragraph provides a great image of how different the non-interglacial Ice Age Earth was, 0.1 million years ago. From a human perspective.

On the first illustration showing the twists and turns of the recent hominim lineages: I wish it showed the "braided river delta" nature of the introgressions that Razib discusses in the text.

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Ummon's avatar

"Artifacts in China and Sumatra dating to before 60,000 years ago seem suspiciously modern" - there is also Narmada man from India as well.

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