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What is Google's role in this discovery? It turns out that Professor Lee Berger, the lead scientist on the excavations that unearthed the newly discovered species, made extensive use of Google Earth to identify caves an potential fossil beds. Berger then used what he learned by looking at 130 known caves and 20 known fossil deposits to identify over 500 previously undiscovered caves and fossil beds using Google Earth's satellite imagery. His find may be the direct ancestor of the entire Homo genus, so it appears his method seems to work.
Maybe Google didn't do anything that actively led to this groundbreaking discovery, but the tale does highlight the power of the information available to both researchers and average PC users, thanks to Google. [From: Official Google Blog]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsSteve GambleApr 9th 2010 2:58PM
Go read about the lady in china with the horns growing out of her head. People through out time have grown horns. Looks like our missing link is a cow, not an ape.
KaceyApr 9th 2010 3:17PM
The fact is human remains have been found and dated to a time long before Earth should have existed according to certain religious books, and the stories contained within. Sarcasm is often the tool of fools. This is actual evidence, where is the evidence supporting Jesus as a "Savior" and not just another religious nut, just like we have today ( ever hear of David Koresh?) today we know better then to believe someone who says they are gods instrument... we throw them into the looney bin and lock the door.
david mcdonaldApr 9th 2010 7:02PM
That would just be for vegetarians .
godblshuApr 9th 2010 3:37PM
All of the evidence of so called scientists to date fossils hundreds of thousands or millions of years old is based on false and misleading presumptions. First, there is no known method of dating carbon life forms older than about 100,000 years, and even radiometric dating is very flawed. Any dating older than that is based on the location of the find in earth strata, that location in earth strata being pre-defined based on flawed evolutionary and geological theory. This missing link could easily be a deformed or genetically flawed human. All this evolutionary theory presented as fact is bunk.
one30932AOL.COMApr 9th 2010 4:15PM
THE BUNK IS IN YOUR MIND,,,,,SAVE THE DAY WITH YOUR SAVIOR SH,,,,IT,,,,,,,THE LORD CREATED NOTHING,,ONLY YOUR FANTASY,,,,,GO FIND A YOUNG SCHOOL-BOY,,,,I LOVE YOU
bdinsightApr 9th 2010 4:17PM
but we don't find "normal" skeletons in these strata, so is your theory that only deformed skeletons fossilize. or is it that all skeletons of that time are "genetically flawed". I'd go with the latter theory but you're trying to argue against genetic change over time. wait, they have a word for genetic change over time leading to different physical forms. I think its "evolution". Thanks for the laughs.
terrenceApr 9th 2010 4:34PM
@godblshu
While I can appreciate and respect what ever your personal faith or religious belief might be, I'm pretty confident in assuming you're not a scientist. Any respectable degree holder in archeology, anthropology, geology, or biology would probably disagree with you.
fvarrasseApr 9th 2010 4:07PM
Sorry, but I can't remain silent any longer. I consider myself a good person, well read, and intelligent. Please, folks, before you decide to voice your scientific ignorance on evolution, read some more books. The God of my belief did not wave a magic wand and pull mankind out of his cosmic hat. Read about fractal physics and chaotic theory. The true beauty in the universe is that things really do fit together. Regardless of the name you use to describe the connection of life: God, Mother Nature, the Theory of Everything, or Love, it is still the miracle of existence. Evolution is an absolutely amazing part of life.
gtracyjgibbApr 9th 2010 5:57PM
Perfect post.
davidApr 9th 2010 4:37PM
when God said "LET THERE BE LIGHT" you bet your ass there was BIG BANG - and it all makes sense from there -
Trying to debate and date all the subtle nuances of the creation of all things is a fools chore - and a scientific folly - it is all speculation, conjecture and hypothosis based on very limited understanding of the greater cosmos.
terrenceApr 9th 2010 4:50PM
@david
Any attempt to understand our world or creation is not scientific folly. Besides your argument that "it is all speculation, conjecture and hypothesis based on very limited understanding of the greater cosmos." can be applied to you're religious beliefs as well. A belief that god created anything is based only on your gut feeling or assumption and not empirical evidence, so it could be argued that it is based on no understanding of the greater cosmos.
Again while I can respect what ever your belief or faith might be, perhaps you should avoid tossing comments up here denigrating the world view of others.
Leila BrillsonApr 12th 2010 10:47AM
@David
What language did He say that in?
Just curious.
SteveApr 9th 2010 5:15PM
It's times like this that I blush as I consider the fact I am an American. Science is not our strong suit. We churn out students that actually think that the earth is less than an hundred thousand years old. How embarrassing.
davidApr 9th 2010 5:19PM
Gee terrence - you are sooo wise and all knowing and you use big words - you must be sooo intellectual - i don't portend to know anything - but i believe in everything - all knowledge is subjective and based on belief - to suggest that you or anyone else has true objective knowledge is the folly i am referring to.....
but i'd rather be a fool in the eyes of men with little minds who's arrogance is exceeded only by their ignorance than in the eyes of the maker of all that is seen and unseen - terrence - there are more things possible in heaven and on earth than you can imagine in your philosophies. Your knowledge is not as vast as you suspect - i assure you - but then, a little knowledge has always been a dangerous thing -
terrenceApr 9th 2010 9:16PM
@david
You misunderstand my point.
I simply asked that you think before coming here to attack other people's world views. You felt it necessary to come here and declare other people's beliefs and life pursuits foolish. The comments are not a place to attack others but exchange ideas.
I repeat: the comments are not a place to attack others.
On a related note, how about we all try and stay on topic.
Thomas HoustonApr 9th 2010 5:22PM
It sure is interesting that Google Earth's satellite imagery was used to find potential fossil beds.
mac102751Apr 9th 2010 6:33PM
I concur
avc25skentzosApr 9th 2010 5:59PM
one30932AOL.COM:
You couldnt have said it any better than I would. These people see "The Ten Comandments" or "Ben Hur" and accept its validity. Dont read a book about how these words came about, just wish upon a star. Morons
Mr. TeflonApr 9th 2010 6:30PM
Since we're off-topic here ... If you believe the Bible is the inerrant word of God, I suggest you read "Jesus, Interrupted."
Godblshu, you say "All this evolutionary theory presented as fact is bunk." All of it? Nope. And understand what a theory is. There is far more evidence to support this theory than there is to support the claims of the Bible. In fairness, even though I am an atheist, I will grant you that if the Bible is completely fabricated, that alone does not rule out the existence of a supreme being.
Any Creationists out there care to point us to the fossil evidence that man and dinsosuar co-existed on earth? Or explain how - even if carbon dating IS ony good to 100,000 yerars back - the Earth is only 6000 years old? Remember - a mind is like a parachute; it works best when open. Peace.
playhookieApr 9th 2010 6:40PM
If your mind is too open, your brain might fall out