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  Human Origins

  by cofty in

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  fantastic graphic produced by the smithsonian institute illustrating human origins.

  click on any of the group or species labels for more detailed information.. meet your ancestors here....

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  LUHE: "I read somewhere that some scientists believe that Homo sapiens and H. neanderthalensis both evolved from H. heidelbergensis. Is this view still held?"

  Here is some relevant info from the Smithsonian site regarding that question--Homo erectus:

  [One several] still unanswered questions about Homo erectus that may be answered with future discoveries: Was Homo erectus the direct ancestor of Homo sapiens, our own species?

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  Evolutionary Tree Information: Some scientists distinguish between the African (Homo ergaster) and Asian (Homo erectus sensu stricto) fossils of this taxon, while others lump them together as Homo erectus sensu lato. In either case, there is general agreement that it descended from an earlier species of Homo (e.g., Homo habilis) and represents one of the widest dispersals of early humans in our evolutionary history. It is likely that distinct populations of Homo erectus sensu lato led to the emergence of later hominin species, such as Homo heidelbergensis, and ultimately to our own species, Homo sapiens.

  At the beginning of its time range, around 1.9 Mya, H. erectus coexisted in East Africa with several other early human species including Homo rudolfensis, Homo habilis, and Paranthropus boisei. Sometimes they were even found at the same fossil sites. At the end of its time range, around 143,000 years ago, it coexisted with Homo sapiens and possibly Homo floresiensis in Indonesia.
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  Human Origins

  by cofty in

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  fantastic graphic produced by the smithsonian institute illustrating human origins.

  click on any of the group or species labels for more detailed information.. meet your ancestors here....

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  jp1692

  Thanks for sharing Cofty!

  Here are some interesting points on the relationship between Neanderthals and us:

  Evolutionary Tree Information: Both fossil and genetic evidence indicate that Neanderthals and modern humans (Homo sapiens) evolved from a common ancestor between 500,000 and 200,000 years ago. Neanderthals and modern humans belong to the same genus (Homo) and inhabited the same geographic areas in Asia for 30,000–50,000 years; genetic evidence indicate while they may have interbred with non-African modern humans, they are separate branches of the human family tree (separate species).
  
  In fact, Neanderthals and modern humans may have had little direct interaction for tens of thousands of years until during one very cold period, modern humans spread across Europe. Their presence may have prevented Neanderthals from expanding back into areas they once favored and served as a catalyst for the Neanderthal’s impending extinction. Over just a few thousand years after modern humans moved into Europe, Neanderthal numbers dwindled to the point of extinction. All traces of Neanderthals disappeared by about 40,000 years ago. The most recently dated Neanderthal fossils come from western Europe, which was likely where the last population of this early human species existed.
  
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  The Challenges and Benefits of Home-Schooling

  by pale.emperor in

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  a pro jw forum.

  interesting reading, very one sided of course:.

  https://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/23726-the-challenges-and-benefits-of-home-schooling/.

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  jp1692

  Home schooling is as effective (or not) as the quality of the teachers involved and the abilities and engagement of the students.

  The problem with most JW home schoolers is that they do it for the wrong reasons--to avoid socializing with people with differing beliefs--and the lack of qualifications of the "teachers" which are often the JW kids' parents, people whom themselves are usually not highly educated.

  For those interested in a deeper dive, here is a link to a very informative paper on the pros and cons of home schooling:

  • HOME SCHOOLED VS. PUBLIC SCHOOLED
    
    SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES IN THE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE HOME SCHOOLED VS. STUDENTS IN A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SETTING by Kathi Moreau
    
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  Findind Intelligence Algorithms

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  http://intelligentalgorithms.org/.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kmTH_q1usI
  
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  Findind Intelligence Algorithms

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  http://intelligentalgorithms.org/.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtN1YnoL46Q
  
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  Findind Intelligence Algorithms

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  http://intelligentalgorithms.org/.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw82aQTdIY8
  
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  Findind Intelligence Algorithms

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  http://intelligentalgorithms.org/.

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  FYI: "Finding" has a "g" at the end of it, not a "d."

  I guess your algorithms missed that.

  RECOMMENDATION: Next time try using the spellcheck feature in your word processing program to assist you in proofreading your posts. A "spell checker" is a rudimentary AI plugin that actually works fairly well, although most still can't tell which form of there/their/they're to use.
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  My Story - Part 2

  by Lee Elder in

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  this is the first of a multi-part article that tells my story, and how ajwrb got started.. https://www.openmindsfoundation.org/saving-thousand-lives-year-reform-watchtowers-policy-blood-transfusions-part-two/.

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  Understood!

  Been there, done that. I even have a Sparlock t-shirt!
  
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  My Story - Part 2

  by Lee Elder in

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  this is the first of a multi-part article that tells my story, and how ajwrb got started.. https://www.openmindsfoundation.org/saving-thousand-lives-year-reform-watchtowers-policy-blood-transfusions-part-two/.

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  jp1692

  Lee Elder: The Watchtower is not a safe place to be.

  Although I completely agree with your sentiment, I think you err in referring to the Jehovah's Witness religion as "the Watchtower."

  The general public would be confused by this usage. Please consider revising it. Thank you for all of your hard work and your commitment to this extremely important cause!

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  My Story - Part 2

  by Lee Elder in

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  2. medical

  this is the first of a multi-part article that tells my story, and how ajwrb got started.. https://www.openmindsfoundation.org/saving-thousand-lives-year-reform-watchtowers-policy-blood-transfusions-part-two/.

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  jp1692

  THIS:

  Today in 2017, the disheartening truth is that, despite the progress that has been made, there are still an estimated 1,200 or more Jehovah’s Witnesses dying annually because of the current blood policy. The vast majority of these deaths are not considered newsworthy and hence slip under the radar. For the sake of comparison, the annual death toll of Witnesses who refuse life-saving blood is greater than the Jonestown massacre on November 18, 1978 in Guyana that claimed 918 lives. ... In the time since the the Watchtower finally permitted all blood fractions in 2000, it is likely that there have been 20,000 additional victims – more than 22 Jonestown Massacres.

  What a powerful comparison: When 918 people die all at once because of their cultish-beliefs it's newsworthy. When it happens one-by-one, the general public just don't see the import or the need to intervene.