3.8M-year-old skull of an early ape-like human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia
Why does it have to be only one ancestor ape, and not several that evolved human-like features simultaneously in the same environment?We have Neanderthal DNA, that we inherited through interbreeding.Why can't both we and the Neanderthals be descendent from a varied group of very similar apes that interbred as well? Isn't this the most likely scenario?Sometimes I think scientists fall for the same simplistic patterns of thinking that the men on the street fall for every day.Like, there is only one solution, there is only one cause, there is only one reason, when in fact reality is much more complex than that.