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on 23-11-2017 06:47 PM
An "absent friend" has asked me to post the following:
EVEN IF mungo man's DNA cannot be verified totally, it STILL DOESN'T PROVE THAT MODERN ABORIGINALS WERE FIRST. There could be an even more ancient race whose skeletal remains have not yet been found.
You quote:"The big problem with ancient DNA work is that it's very easy to make copies and amplify sequences that don't belong to the sample itself, for example to someone who's been handling the bone," he said.
1. So, it's been handled by 'modern' humans? They should be able to isolate the 'modern' stuff from the ancient stuff. After all, the 'modern' stuff is not extinct, is it? Only the part that ISN'T modern.
2. Also, what about the race of pigmies that were still around in 'modern history'? Were they here before the modern Aboriginals? No-one can say, can they!
I'm not sure what my friend means by the race of pigmies. I have never heard of any pygmies in Australia. I wonder if he/she was thinking of the 'hobbits' (homo florienensis) that were found in Indonesia.
I agree that it is not and will never be possible to prove beyond any shadow of doubt that Aborigines were the first Australians, but until compelling evidence to the contrary is found, I think it is reasonable to assume that they were.
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on 23-11-2017 07:29 PM
Most DNA examinations that eventually make the Journals have been carried out by experts who I am sure know about handling concerns LOL. But who knows what the continents were like 40,000 years ago and what the ice age did to tectonic plates. People may have walked over the land onto what is now another country! I agree that until other reputable evidence is found, we should accept the current evidence that Aboriginals were the first Australians.
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on 24-11-2017 07:51 PM
@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
I agree that it is not and will never be possible to prove beyond any shadow of doubt that Aborigines were the first Australians, but until compelling evidence to the contrary is found, I think it is reasonable to assume that they were.
You know what they say about "assume" don't you?
