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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheLostSoul" data-source="post: 1992716" data-attributes="member: 21237">There are plenty of places where palaeotologists are searching for the various human predecessors and offshots. China is one very important location and some of the Maleysian and Indonesian islands are also being searched. Europe is also a hotspot for palaeontological digs, but there is just not material before the Homo Neandertalensis.I am not saying that Homo Sapiens (or earlier species) did not inhabit the Americas, but I am very sceptical. It is very easy to misinterpret archaological and palaeontological data and one large problem within these sciences (as well with most others) is that researchers interpret the data with what they want to find. There are just not enough conclusive finds to say that there has been human habitation of the Americas before trhe last ice age.There are even today alot of researchers that suggests that Homo Sapiens has developed seperately in a wide variety of areas. There are specific Asian, European and African strains. These was practically identical, but held features from their respective predecessors.Humanity is very old, but "civilization" is alot younger. There are even palaeontologists that have suggested that speach was not developed until around 25.000 BP (if I remember correctly, it was during the end of the Homo Neandertalensis period). I do not support his theory, but it is possible.Habitation always leaves a trail to find. Even if it might be weak. During WW I & II there were some villages (most having kept somewhat stale since the 19 century) that were wiped out, but they can easily be found again by archaeologist on basis of the influence they have had on the local landscape. Most modern habitaion (from the 15-hundreds and onwards, at least) leave a noticeable change in the landscape. Even if the buildings themselves are torn down and the material carried awayd, most will still leave discernable traces in the ground. Besides, it is impossible to eliminate every trace of a settlement. There will always be lost items and traces of structures (wether wooden or not). It is possible to find the traces of tents in the early mesolithic...You are right that some of the early Middle Eastern cultures was considered legendary and mythological until found, but that does really not mean anything. We have also been certain that there were canals on Mars and that the Earth was flat, but experience has proven that wrong. In modern day science we has to have certain and clear evidence, before saying that anything is certain. It might create some wrong results, but it is the main scientific philosophy today...The various homo genious' range very far back, but the earliest does not show many signs of having been more than advanced (if even that) animals. Tool use is widepread in nature and is not something specific to humans and intelligence. There are even some animals that create their own tools.I have personally always found it odd that Homo Sapiens wandered for more than 150.000 years and did not advance much. Evidence, however, shows that that is most likely the case. It might have to do with not having a proper social structure to lean on, mainly being a subsistance culture or even, not having developed modern speach. There are many possible explanations and no evidence to disprove it...</blockquote>

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