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Allyn T:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/essential-timeline-understanding-evolution-homo-sapiens-180976807/

Hawkdancer:
Very interesting article!  Thanks for the link.  A lot has happened since the first flaked tool! :KN )P(  (AT):BB :-M
Hawkdancer

Mesophilic:
This may add a twist to the Neanderthal extinction

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/18/969063568/ancient-trees-show-when-the-earths-magnetic-field-last-flipped-out

In summary: the last magnetic pole flip was about 42K yeara ago, Neanderthals went extinct about 40K years ago.

Allyn T:
I read that article last night, pretty interesting stuff. I wonder if I really did it or it changed the climate so much that's what really caused the die off.

paulc:
Fascinating stuff, mad max time if it happens again

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