From ScienceDaily:
Most people are now familiar with the traditional “Out of Africa” model: modern humans evolved in Africa and then dispersed across Asia and reached Australia in a single wave about 60,000 years ago. However, technological advances in DNA analysis and other fossil identification techniques, as well as an emphasis on multidisciplinary research, are revising this story. Recent discoveries show that humans left Africa multiple times prior to 60,000 years ago, and that they interbred with other hominins in many locations across Eurasia. Paper. (paywall) – Christopher J. Bae, Katerina Douka, Michael D. Petraglia. On the origin of modern humans: Asian perspectives. Science, 2017; 358 (6368): eaai9067 DOI: 10.1126/science.aai9067 More.
In short, Cool beliefs did not turn out to be hard fact. That’s okay. We must all revise our beliefs from time to time.
But what about the questionable figures who assail the public for doubting many science claims which may afterward turn out to be wrong anyway? Maybe the big problem is that the public they need and want mostly lives in North Korea.
Note: News posting will be light till this evening due to other deadlines.
See also: From an expert walled up behind the 30-metre Oblivion Wall, we learn the causes of “science denial” …
Blinkers Award goes to… Tom Nichols at Scientific American! On why Americans “hate science” Health science is the way most people interact with science and in many areas, it is running neck and neck with the office rumor mill for credibility.
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If this is science, yes we do hate it