• Expanded explorations of the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave s

    From Pandora@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 4 16:31:21 2021
    Expanded Explorations of the Dinaledi Subsystem, Rising Star Cave
    System, South Africa.

    Abstract

    The Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system has yielded a
    large assemblage of fossil hominin material, attributed to Homo
    naledi. The unusual taphonomic and geological situation of the
    assemblage suggested that the remains may have been deliberately
    deposited in the chamber. However, the route and mechanism of
    deposition of the remains within the Dinaledi Chamber are still
    uncertain. During the 2017—2018 field seasons, we expanded
    explorations of the passages surrounding the Dinaledi Chamber. These explorations improved our understanding of the cave’s spatial
    complexity, necessitating a revision of the way the spaces are named
    and described. The work supported the hypothesis that there is no
    alternate entrance into the system other than the Chute. The work also identified new fossil deposits in several remote passages, three of
    which contain material attributable to H. naledi. Here, we clarify the definition of the Dinaledi Subsystem and provide terminology for new
    fossil localities found in this portion of the Rising Star cave
    system. These results emphasize the complex depositional environment
    of the Dinaledi Subsystem and raise new questions about the process
    and timing of the fossil accumulations.

    Open access:
    https://paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.php/paleo/article/view/68

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Pandora on Thu Nov 4 16:47:21 2021
    Pandora wrote:

    The Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system has yielded a
    large assemblage of fossil hominin material, attributed to Homo
    naledi. The unusual taphonomic and geological situation of the
    assemblage suggested that the remains may have been deliberately
    deposited in the chamber.

    Why? What is the evidence for this?

    I've never seen anything to support such a claim. I've been hearing it beginning with the very first articles but I've never seen this claim
    worked out.

    I look but, I don't see any reason to assume that these are intentional burials. My immediate impression was that animals pushed deeper
    and deeper into the blackness, chasing cooler, damper air in the
    hopes of finding a water source during a drought, only to be trapped
    in a pitch black hole in the ground without food and water.

    That seemed like the most plausible explanation to me... the most
    obvious. But even that is assuming that what they report as facts
    bears some resemblance to reality, and quite frankly there is no
    reason to assume that.

    Remember when they "Reported" that it was over 2 million years
    old, which turned out to be utterly baseless?

    It was literally a circular argument. A classic example of circular
    reasoning. They assumed it was a human ancestor, and as such
    the invented a date where they might plausibly fit it on the timeline,
    given it's morphology, so their CONCLUSION -- "human ancestor" --
    resulted in the dating that supported the conclusion.

    And what photographic/video evidence that exists shows them
    mishandling the finds, contaminating them rather aggressively.

    Bare hands, uncovered hair & faces... so much for DNA, right?

    And what about the modern brain, or the brain with "Modern
    Features" which doesn't seem to have actually existed. No, one
    endocast came out with some lines that seemed to match some
    lines on the modern human brain. One endocast. Just one. And
    that was perverted into this human ancestor with a modern
    brain that buried it's dead, and lived over 2 million years ago.

    I mean, for all I know it really is over 2 million years old, and it's
    the recent dating that's the bullshit. I mean, when you know
    someone is a liar then THAT'S what you know. You can't cherry
    pick what you want to believe and what you want to dismiss.

    None of what they say is trustworthy.

    But all of it is in line with the Out-of-Africa purity bullshit, the
    social program some elitist twat came up with because THEY
    are racist to the core, and everything they see validates their
    racism so obviously if anyone else sees it they'll be racist too.

    ...never mind the fact that racism is alive & well already,
    and has been for millennia and there's precisely ZERO chance
    that actual science, instead of the social program, is going to
    make it any worse...






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  • From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 6 03:33:25 2021
    Expanded Explorations of the Dinaledi Subsystem, Rising Star Cave
    System, South Africa. https://paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.php/paleo/article/view/68
    The Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system has yielded a
    large assemblage of fossil hominin material, attributed to Homo
    naledi.

    Anthropocentric nonsense:
    Pan or Australopithecus naledi.
    Google "pan naledi verhaegen".

    The unusual taphonomic and geological situation of the
    assemblage suggested that the remains may have been deliberately
    deposited ...

    :-DDD

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  • From Pandora@21:1/5 to littoral.homo@gmail.com on Sat Nov 6 13:40:32 2021
    On Sat, 6 Nov 2021 03:33:25 -0700 (PDT), "littor...@gmail.com" <littoral.homo@gmail.com> wrote:

    Expanded Explorations of the Dinaledi Subsystem, Rising Star Cave
    System, South Africa.
    https://paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.php/paleo/article/view/68
    The Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system has yielded a
    large assemblage of fossil hominin material, attributed to Homo
    naledi.

    Anthropocentric nonsense:
    Pan or Australopithecus naledi.
    Google "pan naledi verhaegen".

    In the only phylogenetic analysis so far that includes naledi (Dembo
    et al. 2016), it is deeply nested within Homo: https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0047248416300100-gr2.jpg

    The unusual taphonomic and geological situation of the
    assemblage suggested that the remains may have been deliberately
    deposited ...

    :-DDD

    You think it was teleportation?

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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to littor...@gmail.com on Sun Nov 7 19:42:07 2021
    littor...@gmail.com wrote:
    Expanded Explorations of the Dinaledi Subsystem, Rising Star Cave
    System, South Africa.
    https://paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.php/paleo/article/view/68
    The Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system has yielded a
    large assemblage of fossil hominin material, attributed to Homo
    naledi.

    Anthropocentric nonsense:

    You've examined the bones?

    Pan or Australopithecus naledi.
    Google "pan naledi verhaegen".

    The unusual taphonomic and geological situation of the
    assemblage suggested that the remains may have been deliberately
    deposited ...

    https://elifesciences.org/articles/09561

    "With the exception of six avian bones and isolated non-diagnostic rodent elements, all identifiable, macro-skeletal specimens recovered to date from
    the Dinaledi Chamber are clearly hominin..."

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been
    exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its
    depositional history. "

    "None of the bone fragments studied preserve evidence of bleaching,
    cortical exfoliation, delamination or deep patination, indicating that the bones were not affected by solar radiation (Lyman and Fox, 1989, 1997);
    that is, no bone fragment was exposed to weathering on surface outside
    the cave, which is consistent with sedimentation patterns observed in the chamber."

    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for sedimentation processes that involved significant water action able to transport coarse-grained material including bone fragments."

    "No evidence is noted of vertebrate modifications such as those caused by carnivores, rodents or other hominins. The specimens were assessed for
    evidence of edge polish from repeated gnawing, tooth pits or punctures perpendicular to the surface of the bone, tooth scores, striations and/or furrows (V or U-shaped in cross section), and traces of gastric corrosion (Haynes, 1983; de Ruiter and Berger, 2000; Pickering et al., 2004; Pokines
    and Symes, 2013; Supplementary file 2). There is no evidence of stone tool inflicted cuts, scrapes, impact or chop marks (White, 2014). Tooth scores
    and pits, crenulated edges and splintered shafts associated with carnivore damage (Kuhn, 2011) are absent. None of the specimens are burnt (Stiner
    et al., 1995) or shows signs of trampling other than limited incidental
    recent
    breakage by cavers that is readily evident (Behrensmeyer et al., 1986)."

    "Overall, weathering patterns of the bone surfaces are consistent with the effects of sub-aerial and sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark depositional environment that experienced stable temperatures."

    "Limited weathering (physical and chemical) indicative of sub-aerial, sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark environment (Figure 10) indicate that the bones were never exposed to the earth's surface and elements (the sun and rain) outside the cave (Lyman
    and Fox, 1989; Backwell et al., 2012; Junod and Pokines, 2013)."

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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to Pandora on Sun Nov 7 19:42:29 2021
    Pandora wrote:
    On Sat, 6 Nov 2021 03:33:25 -0700 (PDT), "littor...@gmail.com" <littoral.homo@gmail.com> wrote:

    Expanded Explorations of the Dinaledi Subsystem, Rising Star Cave
    System, South Africa.
    https://paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.php/paleo/article/view/68
    The Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system has yielded a
    large assemblage of fossil hominin material, attributed to Homo
    naledi.

    Anthropocentric nonsense:
    Pan or Australopithecus naledi.
    Google "pan naledi verhaegen".

    In the only phylogenetic analysis so far that includes naledi (Dembo
    et al. 2016), it is deeply nested within Homo: https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0047248416300100-gr2.jpg

    The unusual taphonomic and geological situation of the
    assemblage suggested that the remains may have been deliberately
    deposited ...

    :-DDD

    You think it was teleportation?

    https://elifesciences.org/articles/09561

    "With the exception of six avian bones and isolated non-diagnostic rodent elements, all identifiable, macro-skeletal specimens recovered to date from
    the Dinaledi Chamber are clearly hominin..."

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been
    exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its
    depositional history. "

    "None of the bone fragments studied preserve evidence of bleaching,
    cortical exfoliation, delamination or deep patination, indicating that the bones were not affected by solar radiation (Lyman and Fox, 1989, 1997);
    that is, no bone fragment was exposed to weathering on surface outside
    the cave, which is consistent with sedimentation patterns observed in the chamber."

    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for sedimentation processes that involved significant water action able to transport coarse-grained material including bone fragments."

    "No evidence is noted of vertebrate modifications such as those caused by carnivores, rodents or other hominins. The specimens were assessed for
    evidence of edge polish from repeated gnawing, tooth pits or punctures perpendicular to the surface of the bone, tooth scores, striations and/or furrows (V or U-shaped in cross section), and traces of gastric corrosion (Haynes, 1983; de Ruiter and Berger, 2000; Pickering et al., 2004; Pokines
    and Symes, 2013; Supplementary file 2). There is no evidence of stone tool inflicted cuts, scrapes, impact or chop marks (White, 2014). Tooth scores
    and pits, crenulated edges and splintered shafts associated with carnivore damage (Kuhn, 2011) are absent. None of the specimens are burnt (Stiner
    et al., 1995) or shows signs of trampling other than limited incidental
    recent
    breakage by cavers that is readily evident (Behrensmeyer et al., 1986)."

    "Overall, weathering patterns of the bone surfaces are consistent with the effects of sub-aerial and sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark depositional environment that experienced stable temperatures."

    "Limited weathering (physical and chemical) indicative of sub-aerial, sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark environment (Figure 10) indicate that the bones were never exposed to the earth's surface and elements (the sun and rain) outside the cave (Lyman
    and Fox, 1989; Backwell et al., 2012; Junod and Pokines, 2013)."

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Sun Nov 7 23:52:42 2021
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its depositional history.

    [blah, blah, blah-blah, blah]

    All of this is quite consistent with animals drawn in by the cool, damp air
    in search of a water source, like during a draught, only to be trapped in
    the darkness & die.

    It's an excellent argument AGAINST intentional burial, as the animals depositing the dead deep within the pitch black depths of the cave
    would then have to find their way out...

    Just look at their call for team members! They advertised for small
    people with climbing experience. And that's now, in the modern word,
    when we have lights, night vision, ropes., cameras and communications.

    What did Naledi have?

    It's like a giant lobster trap: They went in, they got stuck. They couldn't find their way back out.

    Nothing is consistent with burial.





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  • From Paul Crowley@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Tue Nov 9 14:25:15 2021
    On Monday 8 November 2021 at 07:52:43 UTC, I Envy JTEM wrote:

    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface >> structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been
    exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its
    depositional history.

    [blah, blah, blah-blah, blah]

    All of this is quite consistent with animals drawn in by the cool, damp air in search of a water source, like during a draught, only to be trapped in
    the darkness & die.

    It's an excellent argument AGAINST intentional burial, as the animals depositing the dead deep within the pitch black depths of the cave
    would then have to find their way out...

    I've never done anything like that, but
    I presume that if you had a long rope (or
    even a thin cord) which you laid out as
    a trail, you could follow it back IN THE
    DARK to the entrance. They'd have had
    torches but, on occasion (or even fairly
    often), they'd all have gone out and re-
    lighting them in such damp conitions
    was probably impossible. Also, they
    would have operated in teams, and
    'rescuers' with torches would, after
    some agreed interval, have sought
    out members who had not returned
    on time.

    The operation of transporting a body
    to that remote chamber would probably
    have needed multiple trips, so a semi-
    permanent rope guide might have been
    installed..

    Just look at their call for team members! They advertised for small
    people with climbing experience. And that's now, in the modern word,
    when we have lights, night vision, ropes., cameras and communications.

    What did Naledi have?

    Torches, rope, small size, a life-time's
    practice and a cultural inheritance.

    It's like a giant lobster trap: They went in, they got stuck. They couldn't find their way back out.

    Nothing is consistent with burial.

    Except the use of special far-distant
    chambers for multiple bodies.

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Paul Crowley on Tue Nov 9 15:22:31 2021
    Paul Crowley wrote:

    I've never done anything like that, but
    I presume that if you had a long rope (or
    even a thin cord) which you laid out as
    a trail, you could follow it back IN THE
    DARK to the entrance. They'd have had
    torches but, on occasion (or even fairly
    often), they'd all have gone out and re-
    lighting them in such damp conitions
    was probably impossible. Also, they
    would have operated in teams, and
    'rescuers' with torches would, after
    some agreed interval, have sought
    out members who had not returned
    on time.

    Their brain size overlapped Chimpanzees. They certainly had no larger
    brains than habilis, if even that large.

    There are claims, but between the atrocious accuracy of the information
    fed to us and the claim that their larger brains being based on a single example, don't bank on anything.

    So there's ZERO evidence for fire use, ZERO evidence for rope, the screaming obvious fact that they're already claiming that these were adapted to the
    trees in a way that Chimps are today, which makes ropes redundant...

    Google Occam's Razor.

    Either you build a tower of suppositions so high it teeters towards collapse, or you conclude that they are as primitive as they look and weren't intentionally burying their dead.

    The operation of transporting a body
    to that remote chamber would probably
    have needed multiple trips, so a semi-
    permanent rope guide might have been
    installed..

    Or they were every bit as primitive as they look and just got trapped deep inside a cave searching out a water source.

    Torches, rope, small size, a life-time's
    practice and a cultural inheritance.

    So a massive dung heap of baseless suppositions.

    Nothing is consistent with burial.

    Except the use of special far-distant
    chambers for multiple bodies.

    That's circular. You conclude that they were intentionally laying their
    dead to rest and then claim that the fact that they laid their dead to
    rest is evidence for their doing so.





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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Sun Nov 14 23:40:42 2021
    I Envy JTEM wrote:

    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface >> structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been
    exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its
    depositional history.

    [blah, blah, blah-blah, blah]

    All of this is quite consistent with animals drawn in by the cool, damp air in search of a water source, like during a draught, only to be trapped in
    the darkness & die.

    Cite previous examples for this hypothesis ->


    It's an excellent argument AGAINST intentional burial, as the animals depositing the dead deep within the pitch black depths of the cave
    would then have to find their way out...

    Just look at their call for team members! They advertised for small
    people with climbing experience. And that's now, in the modern word,
    when we have lights, night vision, ropes., cameras and communications.

    What did Naledi have?

    It's like a giant lobster trap: They went in, they got stuck. They couldn't find their way back out.

    Nothing is consistent with burial.


    https://elifesciences.org/articles/09561

    "With the exception of six avian bones and isolated non-diagnostic rodent elements, all identifiable, macro-skeletal specimens recovered to date from
    the Dinaledi Chamber are clearly hominin..."

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been
    exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its
    depositional history. "

    "None of the bone fragments studied preserve evidence of bleaching,
    cortical exfoliation, delamination or deep patination, indicating that the bones were not affected by solar radiation (Lyman and Fox, 1989, 1997);
    that is, no bone fragment was exposed to weathering on surface outside
    the cave, which is consistent with sedimentation patterns observed in the chamber."

    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for sedimentation processes that involved significant water action able to transport coarse-grained material including bone fragments."

    "No evidence is noted of vertebrate modifications such as those caused by carnivores, rodents or other hominins. The specimens were assessed for
    evidence of edge polish from repeated gnawing, tooth pits or punctures perpendicular to the surface of the bone, tooth scores, striations and/or furrows (V or U-shaped in cross section), and traces of gastric corrosion (Haynes, 1983; de Ruiter and Berger, 2000; Pickering et al., 2004; Pokines
    and Symes, 2013; Supplementary file 2). There is no evidence of stone tool inflicted cuts, scrapes, impact or chop marks (White, 2014). Tooth scores
    and pits, crenulated edges and splintered shafts associated with carnivore damage (Kuhn, 2011) are absent. None of the specimens are burnt (Stiner
    et al., 1995) or shows signs of trampling other than limited incidental recent breakage by cavers that is readily evident (Behrensmeyer et al., 1986)."

    "Overall, weathering patterns of the bone surfaces are consistent with the effects of sub-aerial and sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark depositional environment that experienced stable temperatures."

    "Limited weathering (physical and chemical) indicative of sub-aerial, sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark environment (Figure 10) indicate that the bones were never exposed to the earth's surface and elements (the sun and rain) outside the cave (Lyman
    and Fox, 1989; Backwell et al., 2012; Junod and Pokines, 2013)."

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Mon Nov 15 15:52:57 2021
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    All of this is quite consistent with animals drawn in by the cool, damp air in search of a water source, like during a draught, only to be trapped in the darkness & die.

    Cite previous examples for this hypothesis ->

    Why? Are you honestly unable to think for yourself? If you don't have some priest tell you that God approves of an idea then you can't think it?

    Impure thoughts?

    And is Google broken?

    Name one single source that talks about prepared burials in Africa more
    than 200,000 years ago.

    There are none. The owners of Naledi(tm) invented the notion.

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its depositional history. "

    And you mistakenly believe this to mean... what?

    "Limited weathering (physical and chemical) indicative of sub-aerial, sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark environment (Figure 10) indicate that the bones were never exposed to the earth's surface and elements (the sun and rain) outside the cave (Lyman
    and Fox, 1989; Backwell et al., 2012; Junod and Pokines, 2013)."

    So they died in the cave, not on the surface. That's all your cite is saying. You
    don't understand it. Clearly. But it's not saying anything to support intentional
    burial. It's just saying that the bones didn't wash in from the surface, or fall in.
    It's even implying that the animals weren't the victim of predators.

    But it's not saying that they were buried.

    As a matter of fact, given the number of animals represented... Wiki says 15. Smithsonian says that too. OVER 100,000 YEARS! But lets call it 150 individuals.
    Let's call it 300. Heck, let's call it 500 individuals:

    One died and was buried every 200 years?

    Let's make it 1,000 individuals "Buried" in the cave: So one single member of the
    population died every century, and was buried in the cave.

    It's stupid. It's a glaringly obvious STUPID claim.





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  • From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 19 13:09:36 2021
    Naledi simply died where it lived,
    google "naledi verhaegen PPT"

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to littor...@gmail.com on Fri Nov 19 18:57:27 2021
    littor...@gmail.com wrote:

    Naledi simply died where it lived

    Considering the length of time represented here -- they're claiming
    that the remains are spanning maybe 100,000 years -- there just
    aren't enough of them for that. Which is why I favor the "Drawn in
    by cool, moist air in search of a water source."

    This cave was a giant roach motel where Naledi went in but they
    didn't come out.




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  • From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 20 06:54:23 2021
    Op zaterdag 20 november 2021 om 03:57:28 UTC+1 schreef I Envy JTEM:


    Naledi simply died where it lived

    Considering the length of time represented here -- they're claiming
    that the remains are spanning maybe 100,000 years -- there just
    aren't enough of them for that. Which is why I favor the "Drawn in
    by cool, moist air in search of a water source."
    This cave was a giant roach motel where Naledi went in but they
    didn't come out.

    No, the cave didn't exist when they lived,
    google "naledi PPT verhaegen"

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to The Royal JTEM on Sun Nov 21 11:41:03 2021
    littor...@gmail.com wrote:

    The Royal JTEM said:

    Considering the length of time represented here -- they're claiming
    that the remains are spanning maybe 100,000 years -- there just
    aren't enough of them for that. Which is why I favor the "Drawn in
    by cool, moist air in search of a water source."
    This cave was a giant roach motel where Naledi went in but they
    didn't come out.

    No, the cave didn't exist when they lived,
    google "naledi PPT verhaegen"

    I know Wiki isn't exactly the most trustworthy citation but the traditional
    30 second Google search found a Wiki article on the cave claiming it to
    be no more than 3 million years old... roughly 10x the age of Naledi.

    Other cites said that the entrance hasn't changed much if at all since the fossils were deposited.

    Either way, it seems that there isn't a great case to be made for the cave having formed only after Naledi died there.

    This strongly implies, in my mind, the Roach Motel model, as opposed to
    a burial chamber or even just residents dying.

    If it was just them dying where they lived, there should be many times
    more. Even at a population of say, say, 10 members, given a life as long
    as 30 years we should be seeing more than 10x as many fossils, given
    the age range they attribute to the finds.

    The Roach Motel model does fit the evidence though. We would expect
    only a fraction of their number to get stuck deep inside the cave, and
    only rarely though perhaps at something of a pattern where the most were
    lost during droughts/unusually hot periods...









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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to littor...@gmail.com on Sun Nov 28 23:36:35 2021
    littor...@gmail.com wrote:
    Naledi simply died where it lived,
    google "naledi verhaegen PPT"


    Google taxonomy. Place of death does not correlate 100% with lifestyle. Otherwise,
    any creature that drowned would be aquatic in aa land.

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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Sun Nov 28 23:38:31 2021
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    littor...@gmail.com wrote:

    Naledi simply died where it lived

    Considering the length of time represented here -- they're claiming
    that the remains are spanning maybe 100,000 years -- there just
    aren't enough of them for that. Which is why I favor the "Drawn in
    by cool, moist air in search of a water source."

    Water?

    https://elifesciences.org/articles/09561

    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for sedimentation processes that involved significant water action able to transport coarse-grained material including bone fragments."


    This cave was a giant roach motel where Naledi went in but they
    didn't come out.

    Why didn't they turn around in the chamber?

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Sun Nov 28 22:43:46 2021
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    I Envy JTEM wrote:

    Considering the length of time represented here -- they're claiming
    that the remains are spanning maybe 100,000 years -- there just
    aren't enough of them for that. Which is why I favor the "Drawn in
    by cool, moist air in search of a water source."

    Water?

    Yes. There's a drought on, the animals are suffering from great thirst
    and they are drawn deep into the cave by the cool, moist air in search
    of water.

    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for sedimentation processes that involved significant water action

    Tell me, WHERE THE FUCK do you find anything in my words suggesting
    that they found their water, or found anything but a slow death within the bowels of the cave?

    Jeeze! Get some frigging reading comprehension...






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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to littor...@gmail.com on Sun Nov 28 23:49:22 2021
    littor...@gmail.com wrote:
    Op zaterdag 20 november 2021 om 03:57:28 UTC+1 schreef I Envy JTEM:


    Naledi simply died where it lived

    Considering the length of time represented here -- they're claiming
    that the remains are spanning maybe 100,000 years -- there just
    aren't enough of them for that. Which is why I favor the "Drawn in
    by cool, moist air in search of a water source."
    This cave was a giant roach motel where Naledi went in but they
    didn't come out.

    No, the cave didn't exist when they lived,

    Yes, it did. Otherwise, the fossils would show signs of being worked on by
    the elements,
    animals, etc

    https://elifesciences.org/articles/09561

    "None of the bone fragments studied preserve evidence of bleaching,
    cortical exfoliation, delamination or deep patination, indicating that the bones were not affected by solar radiation (Lyman and Fox, 1989, 1997);
    that is, no bone fragment was exposed to weathering on surface outside
    the cave, which is consistent with sedimentation patterns observed in the chamber."

    "Limited weathering (physical and chemical) indicative of sub-aerial, sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark environment (Figure 10) indicate that the bones were never exposed to the earth's surface and elements (the sun and rain) outside the cave (Lyman
    and Fox, 1989; Backwell et al., 2012; Junod and Pokines, 2013)."

    Read also the section "The Rising Star cave system" as well as
    "Sedimentology" under the results.

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  • From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 29 03:25:01 2021
    Op maandag 29 november 2021 om 07:36:37 UTC+1 schreef Primum Sapienti:

    Naledi simply died where it lived,
    google "naledi verhaegen PPT"

    Google taxonomy. Place of death does not correlate 100% with lifestyle. Otherwise,
    any creature that drowned would be aquatic in aa land.

    1) Naledi has 0 to do with "aa land" (aq.ape?).
    Probably the same fools who believe their ancestors ran after antelopes also believe Naledi was Homo.
    Most likely, naledi was Pan naledi, fossil subgenus Australopithecus,
    google "ape human evolution made easy PPT verhaegen".

    2) Naledi was probably aquarboreal: bipedally wading & vertically climbing in swamp forests.
    They didn't drown, but when they died they fell into the mud -> mudstone -> fossilisation,
    google "naledi verhaegen PPT".

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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Sun Dec 12 23:08:05 2021
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:
    I Envy JTEM wrote:

    Considering the length of time represented here -- they're claiming
    that the remains are spanning maybe 100,000 years -- there just
    aren't enough of them for that. Which is why I favor the "Drawn in
    by cool, moist air in search of a water source."

    Water?

    Yes. There's a drought on, the animals are suffering from great thirst
    and they are drawn deep into the cave by the cool, moist air in search
    of water.

    Moist? See the next paragraph...

    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for
    sedimentation processes that involved significant water action

    Tell me, WHERE THE FUCK do you find anything in my words suggesting
    that they found their water, or found anything but a slow death within the bowels of the cave?

    Jeeze! Get some frigging reading comprehension...

    Tell me, with no evidence of water, why go in?

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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to littor...@gmail.com on Sun Dec 12 23:14:50 2021
    littor...@gmail.com wrote:
    Op maandag 29 november 2021 om 07:36:37 UTC+1 schreef Primum Sapienti:

    Naledi simply died where it lived,
    google "naledi verhaegen PPT"

    Google taxonomy. Place of death does not correlate 100% with lifestyle.
    Otherwise,
    any creature that drowned would be aquatic in aa land.

    1) Naledi has 0 to do with "aa land" (aq.ape?).
    Probably the same fools who believe their ancestors ran after antelopes also believe Naledi was Homo.
    Most likely, naledi was Pan naledi, fossil subgenus Australopithecus,
    google "ape human evolution made easy PPT verhaegen".

    2) Naledi was probably aquarboreal: bipedally wading & vertically climbing in swamp forests.
    They didn't drown, but when they died they fell into the mud -> mudstone -> fossilisation,
    google "naledi verhaegen PPT".


    First you deny an aa component, then you say it's there. Such is the aa
    just so story.

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Mon Dec 13 11:20:48 2021
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    I Envy JTEM wrote:

    Yes. There's a drought on, the animals are suffering from great thirst
    and they are drawn deep into the cave by the cool, moist air in search
    of water.

    Moist? See the next paragraph...

    I did. How are you misunderstanding it? In what way, shape or form are you imagining it to contradict me?

    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for >> sedimentation processes that involved significant water action

    Again, because the emotional damage you suffered did not allow you to
    register it the last time, if there had been standing water they would have drank it, instead of delving further & further into the cave before becoming trapped and slowly dying.

    It's kind of a requirement, this lack of standing water...

    Tell me, with no evidence of water, why go in?

    Tell me, I said "cool moist air" and you're pretending I said "It was filled with
    water." Why's that?




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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Wed Dec 22 13:15:38 2021
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    I Envy JTEM wrote:

    Yes. There's a drought on, the animals are suffering from great thirst
    and they are drawn deep into the cave by the cool, moist air in search
    of water.

    Moist? See the next paragraph...

    I did. How are you misunderstanding it? In what way, shape or form are you imagining it to contradict me?

    Do you need it explained to you?

    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for >>>> sedimentation processes that involved significant water action

    Again, because the emotional damage you suffered did not allow you to register it the last time, if there had been standing water they would have drank it, instead of delving further & further into the cave before becoming trapped and slowly dying.

    It's kind of a requirement, this lack of standing water...

    Tell me, with no evidence of water, why go in?

    Tell me, I said "cool moist air" and you're pretending I said "It was filled with
    water." Why's that?

    I quoted the paper about no water action. And if you look at a schematic
    of the Rising Star
    cave system

    <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Cross-section_of_the_Rising_Star_Cave_system_Dinaledi_Chamber.svg/388px-Cross-section_of_the_Rising_Star_Cave_system_Dinaledi_Chamber.svg.png>

    going through the narrow channels make little sense in a search for water...

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Wed Dec 22 14:16:38 2021
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Do you need it explained to you?

    You're trolling. Go back under your bridge.

    Again, because the emotional damage you suffered did not allow you to register it the last time, if there had been standing water they would have drank it, instead of delving further & further into the cave before becoming
    trapped and slowly dying.

    It's kind of a requirement, this lack of standing water...
    [...]
    Tell me, I said "cool moist air" and you're pretending I said "It was filled with
    water." Why's that?

    I quoted the paper about no water action.

    Wow and I made it clear multiple times that NOTHING I said implied water. In fact, my words EXCLUDED water! If there was water they would have drank it, instead of being drawn BY THE COOL, MOIST AIR deeper & deeper into the
    cave until they were trapped & died.




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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Fri Dec 31 21:59:58 2021
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Do you need it explained to you?

    You're trolling. Go back under your bridge.

    Again, because the emotional damage you suffered did not allow you to
    register it the last time, if there had been standing water they would have >>> drank it, instead of delving further & further into the cave before becoming
    trapped and slowly dying.

    It's kind of a requirement, this lack of standing water...
    [...]
    Tell me, I said "cool moist air" and you're pretending I said "It was filled with
    water." Why's that?

    I quoted the paper about no water action.

    Wow and I made it clear multiple times that NOTHING I said implied water. In

    "moist"

    fact, my words EXCLUDED water! If there was water they would have drank it,

    "moist"

    instead of being drawn BY THE COOL, MOIST AIR deeper & deeper into the

    "moist"

    cave until they were trapped & died.

    Here on earth, "moist" :

    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/moist

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Wed Jan 12 02:19:59 2022
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    I Envy JTEM wrote:

    Wow and I made it clear multiple times that NOTHING I said implied water. In
    "moist"

    "Cool, moist air."

    I'm literally saying "Air" and your hemorrhoid that you call a brain is claiming that
    I said "Water."

    Repeatedly.

    A lack of reading comprehension does NOT an argument make.





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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Thu Jan 13 19:44:49 2022
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    I Envy JTEM wrote:

    Wow and I made it clear multiple times that NOTHING I said implied water. In
    "moist"

    "Cool, moist air."

    I'm literally saying "Air" and your hemorrhoid that you call a brain is claiming that
    I said "Water."

    Repeatedly.

    A lack of reading comprehension does NOT an argument make.

    Here on Earth "moist" has a cause... you know, water... What does "moist" imply?

    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/moist

    Why are you literally saying "moist"?

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Fri Jan 14 15:51:45 2022
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Here on Earth "moist" has a cause...

    Yeah. Moisture.

    And like I pointed out and you still can't grasp: "Moist AIR."

    "Moist" is used as an adjective. The noun is "Air."

    What was I talking about? AIR. The AIR is moist.

    Now move on with your life before I start to saying something mean.








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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Sat Jan 29 23:08:12 2022
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Here on Earth "moist" has a cause...

    Yeah. Moisture.

    And like I pointed out and you still can't grasp: "Moist AIR."

    "Moist" is used as an adjective. The noun is "Air."

    What was I talking about? AIR. The AIR is moist.

    Now move on with your life before I start to saying something mean.

    And how did the air get "moist"?

    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/moist



    https://elifesciences.org/articles/09561

    "With the exception of six avian bones and isolated non-diagnostic rodent elements, all identifiable, macro-skeletal specimens recovered to date from
    the Dinaledi Chamber are clearly hominin..."

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been
    exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its
    depositional history. "

    "None of the bone fragments studied preserve evidence of bleaching,
    cortical exfoliation, delamination or deep patination, indicating that the bones were not affected by solar radiation (Lyman and Fox, 1989, 1997);
    that is, no bone fragment was exposed to weathering on surface outside
    the cave, which is consistent with sedimentation patterns observed in the chamber."

    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for sedimentation processes that involved significant water action able to transport coarse-grained material including bone fragments."

    "No evidence is noted of vertebrate modifications such as those caused by carnivores, rodents or other hominins. The specimens were assessed for
    evidence of edge polish from repeated gnawing, tooth pits or punctures perpendicular to the surface of the bone, tooth scores, striations and/or furrows (V or U-shaped in cross section), and traces of gastric corrosion (Haynes, 1983; de Ruiter and Berger, 2000; Pickering et al., 2004; Pokines
    and Symes, 2013; Supplementary file 2). There is no evidence of stone tool inflicted cuts, scrapes, impact or chop marks (White, 2014). Tooth scores
    and pits, crenulated edges and splintered shafts associated with carnivore damage (Kuhn, 2011) are absent. None of the specimens are burnt (Stiner
    et al., 1995) or shows signs of trampling other than limited incidental recent breakage by cavers that is readily evident (Behrensmeyer et al., 1986)."

    "Overall, weathering patterns of the bone surfaces are consistent with the effects of sub-aerial and sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark depositional environment that experienced stable temperatures."

    "Limited weathering (physical and chemical) indicative of sub-aerial, sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark environment (Figure 10) indicate that the bones were never exposed to the earth's surface and elements (the sun and rain) outside the cave (Lyman
    and Fox, 1989; Backwell et al., 2012; Junod and Pokines, 2013)."

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Sat Jan 29 23:29:23 2022
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    And how did the air get "moist"?

    So, you being a blithering idiot, allow me to grant you a powerful hint, one which should leave you incredibly embarrassed:

    https://elifesciences.org/articles/24231

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559842/

    Clink a link. Go up to your browser menu and select "Find." Search on the
    word "Moist."

    This site, on the other hand, references "humidity." I'm guessing even if you are perplexed by that word you will have no trouble finding an adult who
    can explain what it means, even if you are most unlikely to understand their answer.





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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Mon Feb 21 13:38:02 2022
    I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish I could be JTEM, Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Neither "humidity" nor "moist" found in the articles.

    I sometimes lose track of which article says what but, my very first search found here...

    : Unit 3 deposits are spread across the cave floor as loosely packed, semi-moist, orange
    : mud clasts of varying sizes in which bone material of H. naledi is distributed.

    So. You really are lame. If it'll help, I'll try to act surprised.

    Naledi wandered deep into the cave, drawn in by cool, moist air during a
    time of drought, only to be trapped & die. It was nature's own "Roach Motel" where Naledi checked in but they didn't check out.





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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JERM on Mon Feb 21 14:16:30 2022
    I Envy JERM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    And how did the air get "moist"?

    So, you being a blithering idiot, allow me to grant you a powerful hint, one which should leave you incredibly embarrassed:

    https://elifesciences.org/articles/24231

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559842/

    Clink a link. Go up to your browser menu and select "Find." Search on the word "Moist."

    This site, on the other hand, references "humidity." I'm guessing even if you are perplexed by that word you will have no trouble finding an adult who
    can explain what it means, even if you are most unlikely to understand their answer.

    Neither "humidity" nor "moist" found in the articles.

    And how did the air get "moist"?

    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/moist



    https://elifesciences.org/articles/09561

    "With the exception of six avian bones and isolated non-diagnostic rodent elements, all identifiable, macro-skeletal specimens recovered to date from
    the Dinaledi Chamber are clearly hominin..."

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been
    exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its
    depositional history. "

    "None of the bone fragments studied preserve evidence of bleaching,
    cortical exfoliation, delamination or deep patination, indicating that the bones were not affected by solar radiation (Lyman and Fox, 1989, 1997);
    that is, no bone fragment was exposed to weathering on surface outside
    the cave, which is consistent with sedimentation patterns observed in the chamber."

    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for sedimentation processes that involved significant water action able to transport coarse-grained material including bone fragments."

    "No evidence is noted of vertebrate modifications such as those caused by carnivores, rodents or other hominins. The specimens were assessed for
    evidence of edge polish from repeated gnawing, tooth pits or punctures perpendicular to the surface of the bone, tooth scores, striations and/or furrows (V or U-shaped in cross section), and traces of gastric corrosion (Haynes, 1983; de Ruiter and Berger, 2000; Pickering et al., 2004; Pokines
    and Symes, 2013; Supplementary file 2). There is no evidence of stone tool inflicted cuts, scrapes, impact or chop marks (White, 2014). Tooth scores
    and pits, crenulated edges and splintered shafts associated with carnivore damage (Kuhn, 2011) are absent. None of the specimens are burnt (Stiner
    et al., 1995) or shows signs of trampling other than limited incidental recent breakage by cavers that is readily evident (Behrensmeyer et al., 1986)."

    "Overall, weathering patterns of the bone surfaces are consistent with the effects of sub-aerial and sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark depositional environment that experienced stable temperatures."

    "Limited weathering (physical and chemical) indicative of sub-aerial, sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark environment (Figure 10) indicate that the bones were never exposed to the earth's surface and elements (the sun and rain) outside the cave (Lyman
    and Fox, 1989; Backwell et al., 2012; Junod and Pokines, 2013)."

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Mon Feb 21 22:56:54 2022
    I Envy JTEM wrote:

    This site, on the other hand, references "humidity." I'm guessing even if you are perplexed by that word you will have no trouble finding an adult who
    can explain what it means, even if you are most unlikely to understand their answer.

    It's pretty clear from the context that I had forgotten to actually paste this third cite:

    https://wildonscience.com/2015/09/from-cradle-to-grave/

    Do your word search on "Humidity" there... but seeing how you couldn't
    find any references to "moist" or "moisture" in the first two cites, the prospects seem grim.

    Blessings.



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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to Jerm on Tue Mar 1 21:11:31 2022
    Jerm wrote:
    I Envy JTEM wrote:

    This site, on the other hand, references "humidity." I'm guessing even if you
    are perplexed by that word you will have no trouble finding an adult who
    can explain what it means, even if you are most unlikely to understand their >> answer.

    It's pretty clear from the context that I had forgotten to actually paste this
    third cite:

    It's clear you're "incredibly embarrassed", as you put it.

    https://wildonscience.com/2015/09/from-cradle-to-grave/

    Do your word search on "Humidity" there... but seeing how you couldn't
    find any references to "moist" or "moisture" in the first two cites, the prospects seem grim.

    "...University professor Lee Berger put out a call for “skinny anthropologists, biologists, cavers, not afraid of confined spaces”. Six women were chosen as the explorers who would brave this dark cave system
    with its high humidity. "


    Lee Berger's ad for volunteers:

    https://news.wisc.edu/naledi/gurtov.html

    “We need perhaps three or four individuals with excellent archaeological/paleontological
    excavation skills for a short term project that may kick off as early as November 1st 2013
    and last the month if all logistics go as planned. The catch is this – the person must be
    skinny and preferably small. They must not be claustrophobic, they must be
    fit, they
    should have some caving experience, climbing experience would be a bonus.
    They must
    be willing to work in cramped quarters, have a good attitude and be a team player.”


    No mention of "high humidity"...


    Schematic of the Rising Star cave system

    <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Cross-section_of_the_Rising_Star_Cave_system_Dinaledi_Chamber.svg/388px-Cross-section_of_the_Rising_Star_Cave_system_Dinaledi_Chamber.svg.png>

    going through the narrow channels make little sense in a search for water...


    https://elifesciences.org/articles/09561

    "With the exception of six avian bones and isolated non-diagnostic rodent elements, all identifiable, macro-skeletal specimens recovered to date from
    the Dinaledi Chamber are clearly hominin..."

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been
    exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its
    depositional history. "

    "None of the bone fragments studied preserve evidence of bleaching,
    cortical exfoliation, delamination or deep patination, indicating that the bones were not affected by solar radiation (Lyman and Fox, 1989, 1997);
    that is, no bone fragment was exposed to weathering on surface outside
    the cave, which is consistent with sedimentation patterns observed in the chamber."

    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for sedimentation processes that involved significant water action able to transport coarse-grained material including bone fragments."

    "No evidence is noted of vertebrate modifications such as those caused by carnivores, rodents or other hominins. The specimens were assessed for
    evidence of edge polish from repeated gnawing, tooth pits or punctures perpendicular to the surface of the bone, tooth scores, striations and/or furrows (V or U-shaped in cross section), and traces of gastric corrosion (Haynes, 1983; de Ruiter and Berger, 2000; Pickering et al., 2004; Pokines
    and Symes, 2013; Supplementary file 2). There is no evidence of stone tool inflicted cuts, scrapes, impact or chop marks (White, 2014). Tooth scores
    and pits, crenulated edges and splintered shafts associated with carnivore damage (Kuhn, 2011) are absent. None of the specimens are burnt (Stiner
    et al., 1995) or shows signs of trampling other than limited incidental recent breakage by cavers that is readily evident (Behrensmeyer et al., 1986)."

    "Overall, weathering patterns of the bone surfaces are consistent with the effects of sub-aerial and sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark depositional environment that experienced stable temperatures."

    "Limited weathering (physical and chemical) indicative of sub-aerial, sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark environment (Figure 10) indicate that the bones were never exposed to the earth's surface and elements (the sun and rain) outside the cave (Lyman
    and Fox, 1989; Backwell et al., 2012; Junod and Pokines, 2013)."

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Penis Breath Sapienti on Thu Mar 3 01:56:06 2022
    Penis Breath Sapienti wrote:

    I Envy JTEM wrote:

    This site, on the other hand, references "humidity." I'm guessing even if you
    are perplexed by that word you will have no trouble finding an adult who >> can explain what it means, even if you are most unlikely to understand their
    answer.

    It's pretty clear from the context that I had forgotten to actually paste this
    third cite:

    It's clear you're "incredibly embarrassed", as you put it.

    Explain. As you are by no means a raving jackass and you believe this statement of yours to be true, walk us through it. Explain your rational. Employ quotes.

    NOTE: I'm laughing at you! You keep bluffing and it keeps failing!

    https://wildonscience.com/2015/09/from-cradle-to-grave/

    Do your word search on "Humidity" there... but seeing how you couldn't find any references to "moist" or "moisture" in the first two cites, the prospects seem grim.

    "...University professor Lee Berger put out a call for “skinny anthropologists, biologists, cavers, not afraid of confined spaces”. Six women were chosen as the explorers who would brave this dark cave system with its high humidity. "

    Oh. Okay. So three sites, two talk about moisture and one mentions humidity
    and you claimed that no cites anywhere did this.

    Lee Berger's ad for volunteers:

    Why? Have you no clue how to build a case for something?

    You've been proven wrong. Accept it and move on. STOP obfuscating.

    No mention of "high humidity"...

    Great. YOU QUOTED IT PREVIOUSLY! You quoted the use of the word humidity
    in describing the cave, and saw two previous cites mentioning the moisture.

    It's done. The fat lady sang, the ship sailed... it's all over.

    You are literally arguing against reality!

    It's established. You helped establish it yourself by digging out the quote, finally, after making a goddamn fool of yourself with the first two cites you never read.

    going through the narrow channels make little sense in a search for water...

    Yeah, an animal literally dying of thirst in a drought could not possibly be enticed by cool moist air... would never be attracted to that...

    You're emotionally disturbed.

    "With the exception of six avian bones and isolated non-diagnostic rodent elements, all identifiable, macro-skeletal specimens recovered to date from the Dinaledi Chamber are clearly hominin..."

    And I'm wasting my time as you can't even comprehend what it's saying,
    much less extrapolate it into some sort of argument but, what the hell do
    you think this means? What does it refute in that scabbed over pea you
    call a brain?

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its depositional history. "

    Again, not addressing a goddamn thing... but you don't know that.

    Unless you're currently so oxygen deprived that you simultaneously believe
    that a SMALL NUMBER of individuals might not get trapped & die over a
    period estimated to be 100,000 years or more, chiefly because the cave
    system is too difficult/complex, but a population would plausible deposit
    SOME of their dead -- but precious few?

    Damn. You honestly are an idiot. It's not just an act.

    These are not intentional burials. None of the evidence so much as suggests
    it. Nothing you quoted leads to your idiotic "intentional burial" ramblings.






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    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/677648736132923392

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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Wed Mar 16 21:18:20 2022
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Penis Breath Sapienti wrote:

    I Envy JTEM wrote:

    This site, on the other hand, references "humidity." I'm guessing even if you
    are perplexed by that word you will have no trouble finding an adult who >>>> can explain what it means, even if you are most unlikely to understand their
    answer.

    It's pretty clear from the context that I had forgotten to actually paste this
    third cite:

    It's clear you're "incredibly embarrassed", as you put it.

    Explain.


    Lee Berger's ad for volunteers:

    https://news.wisc.edu/naledi/gurtov.html

    “We need perhaps three or four individuals with excellent archaeological/paleontological
    excavation skills for a short term project that may kick off as early as November 1st 2013
    and last the month if all logistics go as planned. The catch is this – the person must be
    skinny and preferably small. They must not be claustrophobic, they must be
    fit, they
    should have some caving experience, climbing experience would be a bonus.
    They must
    be willing to work in cramped quarters, have a good attitude and be a team player.”


    No mention of "high humidity"...


    Schematic of the Rising Star cave system

    <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Cross-section_of_the_Rising_Star_Cave_system_Dinaledi_Chamber.svg/388px-Cross-section_of_the_Rising_Star_Cave_system_Dinaledi_Chamber.svg.png>

    going through the narrow channels make little sense in a search for water...


    https://elifesciences.org/articles/09561

    "With the exception of six avian bones and isolated non-diagnostic rodent elements, all identifiable, macro-skeletal specimens recovered to date from
    the Dinaledi Chamber are clearly hominin..."

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been
    exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its
    depositional history. "

    "None of the bone fragments studied preserve evidence of bleaching,
    cortical exfoliation, delamination or deep patination, indicating that the bones were not affected by solar radiation (Lyman and Fox, 1989, 1997);
    that is, no bone fragment was exposed to weathering on surface outside
    the cave, which is consistent with sedimentation patterns observed in the chamber."

    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for sedimentation processes that involved significant water action able to transport coarse-grained material including bone fragments."

    "No evidence is noted of vertebrate modifications such as those caused by carnivores, rodents or other hominins. The specimens were assessed for
    evidence of edge polish from repeated gnawing, tooth pits or punctures perpendicular to the surface of the bone, tooth scores, striations and/or furrows (V or U-shaped in cross section), and traces of gastric corrosion (Haynes, 1983; de Ruiter and Berger, 2000; Pickering et al., 2004; Pokines
    and Symes, 2013; Supplementary file 2). There is no evidence of stone tool inflicted cuts, scrapes, impact or chop marks (White, 2014). Tooth scores
    and pits, crenulated edges and splintered shafts associated with carnivore damage (Kuhn, 2011) are absent. None of the specimens are burnt (Stiner
    et al., 1995) or shows signs of trampling other than limited incidental recent breakage by cavers that is readily evident (Behrensmeyer et al., 1986)."

    "Overall, weathering patterns of the bone surfaces are consistent with the effects of sub-aerial and sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark depositional environment that experienced stable temperatures."

    "Limited weathering (physical and chemical) indicative of sub-aerial, sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark environment (Figure 10) indicate that the bones were never exposed to the earth's surface and elements (the sun and rain) outside the cave (Lyman
    and Fox, 1989; Backwell et al., 2012; Junod and Pokines, 2013)."

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Thu Mar 17 01:55:25 2022
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Lee Berger's ad for volunteers:

    Great. Besides CONFIRMING what I stated, what else did you hope to accomplish?

    Pretending that these were intentional burials is an embarrassment. It's beyond stupid, it's laughable.




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    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/678857025448558592

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  • From Paul Crowley@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Thu Mar 17 05:29:36 2022
    On Thursday 17 March 2022 at 03:18:20 UTC, Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Lee Berger's ad for volunteers:
    https://news.wisc.edu/naledi/gurtov.html

    “We need perhaps three or four individuals with excellent archaeological/paleontological excavation skills for a short term
    project that may kick off as early as November 1st 2013 and last
    the month if all logistics go as planned. The catch is this – the
    person must be skinny and preferably small. They must not be
    claustrophobic, they must be fit, they should have some caving
    experience, climbing experience would be a bonus. They must be
    willing to work in cramped quarters, have a good attitude and be
    a team player.

    No mention of "high humidity"...

    Google "caving humidity".

    The applicants were required to have
    caving experience, and so would have
    known about the constant humidity.
    No need to tell them.

    Berger mentions in his videos about
    the initial discovery that the first guys
    to see the fossils found their cameras
    would not work. The humidity was
    so high.

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  • From Paul Crowley@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Thu Mar 17 05:33:10 2022
    On Thursday 17 March 2022 at 08:55:25 UTC, I Envy JTEM wrote:

    Pretending that these were intentional burials is an embarrassment. It's beyond stupid, it's laughable.

    When your beliefs are so rigid that you
    have to block out all contrary evidence,
    it's you that is the problem.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Thu Mar 17 06:15:45 2022
    On Sunday, January 30, 2022 at 1:08:09 AM UTC-5, Primum Sapienti wrote:
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Here on Earth "moist" has a cause...

    Yeah. Moisture.

    And like I pointed out and you still can't grasp: "Moist AIR."

    "Moist" is used as an adjective. The noun is "Air."

    What was I talking about? AIR. The AIR is moist.

    Now move on with your life before I start to saying something mean.
    And how did the air get "moist"?

    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/moist https://elifesciences.org/articles/09561

    "With the exception of six avian bones and isolated non-diagnostic rodent elements, all identifiable, macro-skeletal specimens recovered to date from the Dinaledi Chamber are clearly hominin..."

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its depositional history. "

    "None of the bone fragments studied preserve evidence of bleaching,
    cortical exfoliation, delamination or deep patination, indicating that the bones were not affected by solar radiation (Lyman and Fox, 1989, 1997);
    that is, no bone fragment was exposed to weathering on surface outside
    the cave, which is consistent with sedimentation patterns observed in the chamber."
    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for sedimentation processes that involved significant water action able to transport coarse-grained material including bone fragments."
    "No evidence is noted of vertebrate modifications such as those caused by carnivores, rodents or other hominins. The specimens were assessed for evidence of edge polish from repeated gnawing, tooth pits or punctures perpendicular to the surface of the bone, tooth scores, striations and/or furrows (V or U-shaped in cross section), and traces of gastric corrosion (Haynes, 1983; de Ruiter and Berger, 2000; Pickering et al., 2004; Pokines and Symes, 2013; Supplementary file 2). There is no evidence of stone tool inflicted cuts, scrapes, impact or chop marks (White, 2014). Tooth scores and pits, crenulated edges and splintered shafts associated with carnivore damage (Kuhn, 2011) are absent. None of the specimens are burnt (Stiner
    et al., 1995) or shows signs of trampling other than limited incidental recent
    breakage by cavers that is readily evident (Behrensmeyer et al., 1986)."

    "Overall, weathering patterns of the bone surfaces are consistent with the effects of sub-aerial and sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark depositional environment that experienced stable temperatures."

    "Limited weathering (physical and chemical) indicative of sub-aerial, sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark environment (Figure 10) indicate that the bones were never exposed to the earth's surface and elements (the sun and rain) outside the cave (Lyman
    and Fox, 1989; Backwell et al., 2012; Junod and Pokines, 2013)."


    Caves are almost universally consistently damp and cool. If the surface entrance exuded the scent of humid air in an arid drought, many species would have detected it and attempted to enter for refreshment, gotten trapped and died leaving skeletons.
    There was something not obvious today which enabled hominins but not others to leave their carcasses there.
    I suspect that hominins entered (by sight not scent) for cool air (not water) during the heat of the day, and being good wiry climbers of small slender size were easily able to go deeper seeking a large chamber to sleep, died from heavier-than-air
    toxic fumes. Most other fauna would have simply not gone deep, seeking only shade. The scent of water was not the key to this cave. Nor was deliberate burial. Nor was (insert mandatory macro) aquarboreal swampiness. They sought cool large space which had
    no predators or biting flies, and found it. Rest in peace.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 17 06:31:05 2022
    On Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 9:15:46 AM UTC-4, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:
    On Sunday, January 30, 2022 at 1:08:09 AM UTC-5, Primum Sapienti wrote:
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Here on Earth "moist" has a cause...

    Yeah. Moisture.

    And like I pointed out and you still can't grasp: "Moist AIR."

    "Moist" is used as an adjective. The noun is "Air."

    What was I talking about? AIR. The AIR is moist.

    Now move on with your life before I start to saying something mean.
    And how did the air get "moist"?

    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/moist https://elifesciences.org/articles/09561

    "With the exception of six avian bones and isolated non-diagnostic rodent elements, all identifiable, macro-skeletal specimens recovered to date from
    the Dinaledi Chamber are clearly hominin..."

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its depositional history. "

    "None of the bone fragments studied preserve evidence of bleaching, cortical exfoliation, delamination or deep patination, indicating that the bones were not affected by solar radiation (Lyman and Fox, 1989, 1997); that is, no bone fragment was exposed to weathering on surface outside
    the cave, which is consistent with sedimentation patterns observed in the chamber."
    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for sedimentation processes that involved significant water action able to transport coarse-grained material including bone fragments."
    "No evidence is noted of vertebrate modifications such as those caused by carnivores, rodents or other hominins. The specimens were assessed for evidence of edge polish from repeated gnawing, tooth pits or punctures perpendicular to the surface of the bone, tooth scores, striations and/or furrows (V or U-shaped in cross section), and traces of gastric corrosion (Haynes, 1983; de Ruiter and Berger, 2000; Pickering et al., 2004; Pokines and Symes, 2013; Supplementary file 2). There is no evidence of stone tool inflicted cuts, scrapes, impact or chop marks (White, 2014). Tooth scores and pits, crenulated edges and splintered shafts associated with carnivore damage (Kuhn, 2011) are absent. None of the specimens are burnt (Stiner
    et al., 1995) or shows signs of trampling other than limited incidental recent
    breakage by cavers that is readily evident (Behrensmeyer et al., 1986)."

    "Overall, weathering patterns of the bone surfaces are consistent with the effects of sub-aerial and sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark depositional environment that experienced stable temperatures."

    "Limited weathering (physical and chemical) indicative of sub-aerial, sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark environment (Figure 10) indicate that the bones were never exposed to the earth's surface and elements (the sun and rain) outside the cave (Lyman and Fox, 1989; Backwell et al., 2012; Junod and Pokines, 2013)."
    Caves are almost universally consistently damp and cool. If the surface entrance exuded the scent of humid air in an arid drought, many species would have detected it and attempted to enter for refreshment, gotten trapped and died leaving skeletons.
    There was something not obvious today which enabled hominins but not others to leave their carcasses there.
    I suspect that hominins entered (by sight not scent) for cool air (not water) during the heat of the day, and being good wiry climbers of small slender size were easily able to go deeper seeking a large chamber to sleep, died from heavier-than-air
    toxic fumes. Most other fauna would have simply not gone deep, seeking only shade. The scent of water was not the key to this cave. Nor was deliberate burial. Nor was (insert mandatory macro) aquarboreal swampiness. They sought cool large space which had
    no predators or biting flies, and found it. Rest in peace.

    http://www.sci-news.com/featurednews/homo-naledi-fossils-04843.html

    Hnaledi had unique vertebrae only found elsewhere in Hneandertal.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 17 07:27:27 2022
    On Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 9:31:06 AM UTC-4, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:
    On Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 9:15:46 AM UTC-4, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:
    On Sunday, January 30, 2022 at 1:08:09 AM UTC-5, Primum Sapienti wrote:
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Here on Earth "moist" has a cause...

    Yeah. Moisture.

    And like I pointed out and you still can't grasp: "Moist AIR."

    "Moist" is used as an adjective. The noun is "Air."

    What was I talking about? AIR. The AIR is moist.

    Now move on with your life before I start to saying something mean.
    And how did the air get "moist"?

    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/moist https://elifesciences.org/articles/09561

    "With the exception of six avian bones and isolated non-diagnostic rodent
    elements, all identifiable, macro-skeletal specimens recovered to date from
    the Dinaledi Chamber are clearly hominin..."

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface
    structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its depositional history. "

    "None of the bone fragments studied preserve evidence of bleaching, cortical exfoliation, delamination or deep patination, indicating that the
    bones were not affected by solar radiation (Lyman and Fox, 1989, 1997); that is, no bone fragment was exposed to weathering on surface outside the cave, which is consistent with sedimentation patterns observed in the
    chamber."
    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for
    sedimentation processes that involved significant water action able to transport coarse-grained material including bone fragments."
    "No evidence is noted of vertebrate modifications such as those caused by
    carnivores, rodents or other hominins. The specimens were assessed for evidence of edge polish from repeated gnawing, tooth pits or punctures perpendicular to the surface of the bone, tooth scores, striations and/or
    furrows (V or U-shaped in cross section), and traces of gastric corrosion
    (Haynes, 1983; de Ruiter and Berger, 2000; Pickering et al., 2004; Pokines
    and Symes, 2013; Supplementary file 2). There is no evidence of stone tool
    inflicted cuts, scrapes, impact or chop marks (White, 2014). Tooth scores
    and pits, crenulated edges and splintered shafts associated with carnivore
    damage (Kuhn, 2011) are absent. None of the specimens are burnt (Stiner et al., 1995) or shows signs of trampling other than limited incidental recent
    breakage by cavers that is readily evident (Behrensmeyer et al., 1986)."

    "Overall, weathering patterns of the bone surfaces are consistent with the
    effects of sub-aerial and sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark depositional environment that experienced stable temperatures."

    "Limited weathering (physical and chemical) indicative of sub-aerial, sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark environment (Figure 10) indicate that the bones were never exposed to the
    earth's surface and elements (the sun and rain) outside the cave (Lyman and Fox, 1989; Backwell et al., 2012; Junod and Pokines, 2013)."
    Caves are almost universally consistently damp and cool. If the surface entrance exuded the scent of humid air in an arid drought, many species would have detected it and attempted to enter for refreshment, gotten trapped and died leaving skeletons.
    There was something not obvious today which enabled hominins but not others to leave their carcasses there.
    I suspect that hominins entered (by sight not scent) for cool air (not water) during the heat of the day, and being good wiry climbers of small slender size were easily able to go deeper seeking a large chamber to sleep, died from heavier-than-air
    toxic fumes. Most other fauna would have simply not gone deep, seeking only shade. The scent of water was not the key to this cave. Nor was deliberate burial. Nor was (insert mandatory macro) aquarboreal swampiness. They sought cool large space which had
    no predators or biting flies, and found it. Rest in peace.
    http://www.sci-news.com/featurednews/homo-naledi-fossils-04843.html

    Hnaledi had unique vertebrae only found elsewhere in Hneandertal.

    https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Temperature-in-Sakoto-cave-versus-woodland-habitat-and-chimpanzee-cave-visits-weeks_fig1_6214729

    Chimps in Fongoli Senegal savannah rest in caves during dry season (no water) during the hottest time of the day. In tropical forests, they make day nests in canopy shade.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Paul Crowley on Thu Mar 17 17:34:13 2022
    Paul Crowley wrote:

    When your beliefs are so rigid that you
    have to block out all contrary evidence,
    it's you that is the problem.

    Is this a come-on? Are you hitting on me? Look. I'm flattered, I'm sure, but
    I don't think I want to $#%& you. Sorry.

    I mean, *I Know* you're not serious about this retarded "Intentional burial" thing. How many individuals are represented? Over how long a period of
    time?

    Where are the rest?

    These animals didn't have fire, they certainly weren't ritualistic...

    That's insane. No, clearly, you're trying to win my sexual favors with a display of your humor. But, sorry, not interested.





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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 19 04:15:04 2022
    On Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 9:15:46 AM UTC-4, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:
    On Sunday, January 30, 2022 at 1:08:09 AM UTC-5, Primum Sapienti wrote:
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Here on Earth "moist" has a cause...

    Yeah. Moisture.

    And like I pointed out and you still can't grasp: "Moist AIR."

    "Moist" is used as an adjective. The noun is "Air."

    What was I talking about? AIR. The AIR is moist.

    Now move on with your life before I start to saying something mean.
    And how did the air get "moist"?

    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/moist https://elifesciences.org/articles/09561

    "With the exception of six avian bones and isolated non-diagnostic rodent elements, all identifiable, macro-skeletal specimens recovered to date from
    the Dinaledi Chamber are clearly hominin..."

    "The skeletal assemblage of H. naledi displays little variation in surface structure and condition, indicating that the hominin material has been exposed to a limited range of environmental fluctuation during its depositional history. "

    "None of the bone fragments studied preserve evidence of bleaching, cortical exfoliation, delamination or deep patination, indicating that the bones were not affected by solar radiation (Lyman and Fox, 1989, 1997); that is, no bone fragment was exposed to weathering on surface outside
    the cave, which is consistent with sedimentation patterns observed in the chamber."
    "The matrix sediments surrounding the fossils do not present evidence for sedimentation processes that involved significant water action able to transport coarse-grained material including bone fragments."
    "No evidence is noted of vertebrate modifications such as those caused by carnivores, rodents or other hominins. The specimens were assessed for evidence of edge polish from repeated gnawing, tooth pits or punctures perpendicular to the surface of the bone, tooth scores, striations and/or furrows (V or U-shaped in cross section), and traces of gastric corrosion (Haynes, 1983; de Ruiter and Berger, 2000; Pickering et al., 2004; Pokines and Symes, 2013; Supplementary file 2). There is no evidence of stone tool inflicted cuts, scrapes, impact or chop marks (White, 2014). Tooth scores and pits, crenulated edges and splintered shafts associated with carnivore damage (Kuhn, 2011) are absent. None of the specimens are burnt (Stiner
    et al., 1995) or shows signs of trampling other than limited incidental recent
    breakage by cavers that is readily evident (Behrensmeyer et al., 1986)."

    "Overall, weathering patterns of the bone surfaces are consistent with the effects of sub-aerial and sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark depositional environment that experienced stable temperatures."

    "Limited weathering (physical and chemical) indicative of sub-aerial, sub-surface processes in a periodically wet or water-saturated, dark environment (Figure 10) indicate that the bones were never exposed to the earth's surface and elements (the sun and rain) outside the cave (Lyman and Fox, 1989; Backwell et al., 2012; Junod and Pokines, 2013)."
    Caves are almost universally consistently damp and cool. If the surface entrance exuded the scent of humid air in an arid drought, many species would have detected it and attempted to enter for refreshment, gotten trapped and died leaving skeletons.
    There was something not obvious today which enabled hominins but not others to leave their carcasses there.
    I suspect that hominins entered (by sight not scent) for cool air (not water) during the heat of the day, and being good wiry climbers of small slender size were easily able to go deeper seeking a large chamber to sleep, died from heavier-than-air
    toxic fumes. Most other fauna would have simply not gone deep, seeking only shade. The scent of water was not the key to this cave. Nor was deliberate burial. Nor was (insert mandatory macro) aquarboreal swampiness. They sought cool large space which had
    no predators or biting flies, and found it. Rest in peace.

    I use 'hominins' here in the sense of basal kin to Homo, they were probably a branch of Pan-bonobo/Homo that slept in arboreal bowl nests in wet season and ground nests (possibly in caves when available) in dry swamps during dry season (as some chimps do,
    avoiding both wet and dry predators, probably mostly bipedal with only incipient knucklewalking). Dominant bonobo females sleep highest in trees, curved finger bones aid climbing.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to Paul Crowley on Tue Mar 29 23:01:35 2022
    Paul Crowley wrote:
    On Thursday 17 March 2022 at 03:18:20 UTC, Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Lee Berger's ad for volunteers:
    https://news.wisc.edu/naledi/gurtov.html

    “We need perhaps three or four individuals with excellent
    archaeological/paleontological excavation skills for a short term
    project that may kick off as early as November 1st 2013 and last
    the month if all logistics go as planned. The catch is this – the
    person must be skinny and preferably small. They must not be
    claustrophobic, they must be fit, they should have some caving
    experience, climbing experience would be a bonus. They must be
    willing to work in cramped quarters, have a good attitude and be
    a team player.

    No mention of "high humidity"...

    Google "caving humidity".

    We're talking about one and only one cave here.

    The applicants were required to have
    caving experience, and so would have
    known about the constant humidity.
    No need to tell them.

    Berger mentions in his videos about
    the initial discovery that the first guys
    to see the fossils found their cameras
    would not work. The humidity was
    so high.


    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Tue Mar 29 23:02:47 2022
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Lee Berger's ad for volunteers:

    Great. Besides CONFIRMING what I stated, what else did you hope to accomplish?

    Pretending that these were intentional burials is an embarrassment. It's beyond
    stupid, it's laughable.

    Germ would look at a tiny narrow hole and say, hey everyone, let's squeeze
    in there
    and cool off... someone give me a push...

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Paul Crowley@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 30 06:26:59 2022
    On Thursday 17 March 2022 at 13:15:46 UTC, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:
    .
    I suspect that hominins entered (by sight not scent) for cool
    air (not water) during the heat of the day, and being good
    wiry climbers of small slender size were easily able to go
    deeper seeking a large chamber to sleep, died from heavier-
    than-air toxic fumes. Most other fauna would have simply not
    gone deep, seeking only shade. The scent of water was not the
    key to this cave. Nor was deliberate burial. Nor was (insert
    mandatory macro) aquarboreal swampiness. They sought cool
    large space which had no predators or biting flies, and found
    it. Rest in peace.

    When your beliefs are so rigid that you
    have to block out all contrary evidence,
    it's you that is the problem.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 30 08:58:08 2022
    Somebody:

    I suspect that hominins entered (by sight not scent) for cool
    air (not water) during the heat of the day, and being good
    wiry climbers of small slender size were easily able to go
    deeper seeking a large chamber to sleep ...

    :-DDD

    When your beliefs are so rigid that you
    have to block out all contrary evidence,
    it's you that is the problem.

    Yes, google e.g.
    "ape human evolution made easy PPT Verhaegen"

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 30 12:45:26 2022
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    [...]

    Grow some pubic hair, finally, and pretend that you're maturing. That way
    you can maybe find enough integrity to admit that you were wrong.

    Or you could just continue down this toboggan plunge into shame...





    -- --

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/680033542752829440

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Wed Mar 30 12:43:19 2022
    Primum Sapienti wrote:


    We're talking about one and only one cave here.

    No we're not. The point about the moist air was settled long ago. But
    you're still mouthing off. So it's not about any cave, no facts matter
    here, this is all about YOU and YOUR inability to admit that you were
    wrong.

    https://groups.google.com/g/sci.anthropology.paleo/c/_MTWZY_Vxe4/m/cBQieefIFgAJ

    I had forgotten the third cite, which I clearly reference there, but as it's
    in this very thread, and you are pretending to be talking about a cave
    and the facts surrounding it, you no doubt are already looking back and
    finding it. That third cite. Pretending the two I presented in the abover weren't enough.

    So what's the issue here? a cave?

    No. It's your inability to admit that you were wrong.



    -- --

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/680033542752829440

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to Paul Crowley on Wed Mar 30 19:32:27 2022
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 9:27:00 AM UTC-4, Paul Crowley wrote:
    On Thursday 17 March 2022 at 13:15:46 UTC, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:
    .
    I suspect that hominins entered (by sight not scent) for cool
    air (not water) during the heat of the day, and being good
    wiry climbers of small slender size were easily able to go
    deeper seeking a large chamber to sleep, died from heavier-
    than-air toxic fumes. Most other fauna would have simply not
    gone deep, seeking only shade. The scent of water was not the
    key to this cave. Nor was deliberate burial. Nor was (insert
    mandatory macro) aquarboreal swampiness. They sought cool
    large space which had no predators or biting flies, and found
    it. Rest in peace.
    When your beliefs are so rigid that you
    have to block out all contrary evidence,
    it's you that is the problem.
    What contrary evidence?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to littor...@gmail.com on Wed Mar 30 19:33:32 2022
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 11:58:09 AM UTC-4, littor...@gmail.com wrote:
    Somebody:
    I suspect that hominins entered (by sight not scent) for cool
    air (not water) during the heat of the day, and being good
    wiry climbers of small slender size were easily able to go
    deeper seeking a large chamber to sleep ...

    :-DDD
    When your beliefs are so rigid that you
    have to block out all contrary evidence,
    it's you that is the problem.
    Yes, google e.g.
    "ape human evolution made fake PPT Verhaegen"
    Fixed.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Wed Mar 30 19:34:57 2022
    On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 3:43:20 PM UTC-4, I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:


    We're talking about one and only one cave here.
    No we're not. The point about the moist air was settled long ago. But
    you're still mouthing off. So it's not about any cave, no facts matter
    here, this is all about YOU and YOUR inability to admit that you were
    wrong.

    https://groups.google.com/g/sci.anthropology.paleo/c/_MTWZY_Vxe4/m/cBQieefIFgAJ

    I had forgotten the third cite, which I clearly reference there, but as it's in this very thread, and you are pretending to be talking about a cave
    and the facts surrounding it, you no doubt are already looking back and finding it. That third cite. Pretending the two I presented in the abover weren't enough.

    So what's the issue here? a cave?

    No. It's your inability to admit that you were wrong.



    -- --

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/680033542752829440
    Cool cave hot day. Not complicated.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Paul Crowley@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 31 12:19:10 2022
    On Thursday 31 March 2022 at 03:32:28 UTC+1, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:

    I suspect that hominins entered (by sight not scent) for cool
    air (not water) during the heat of the day, and being good
    wiry climbers of small slender size were easily able to go
    deeper seeking a large chamber to sleep, died from heavier-
    than-air toxic fumes. Most other fauna would have simply not
    gone deep, seeking only shade. The scent of water was not the
    key to this cave. Nor was deliberate burial. Nor was (insert
    mandatory macro) aquarboreal swampiness. They sought cool
    large space which had no predators or biting flies, and found
    it. Rest in peace.
    ..
    When your beliefs are so rigid that you
    have to block out all contrary evidence,
    it's you that is the problem.
    ..
    What contrary evidence?

    Those caves!

    See https://twitter.com/johnhawks?lang=en

    John Hawks and Lee Berger recently went into
    the 'entrance' to the system, squeezing through
    the 'superman crawl'. It's been widened, and
    can now take over-weight middle aged men.
    See the brief videos.

    Even with light the complexity of the various
    chamber and passages are confusing. It's a
    3-dimensional puzzle. The entrance to the
    'superman crawl' is far down in the cave, well
    beyond any light. I hadn't realised that the
    "dragon's back" was a narrow ridge, with a
    steep fall of several metres if you slipped.

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/data/naledi/

    No one would ever go so far into such a cave
    without light. The absence of animal fossils
    of all other species tells you that.

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to Paul Crowley on Thu Mar 31 15:52:01 2022
    On Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 3:19:11 PM UTC-4, Paul Crowley wrote:
    On Thursday 31 March 2022 at 03:32:28 UTC+1, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:

    I suspect that hominins entered (by sight not scent) for cool
    air (not water) during the heat of the day, and being good
    wiry climbers of small slender size were easily able to go
    deeper seeking a large chamber to sleep, died from heavier-
    than-air toxic fumes. Most other fauna would have simply not
    gone deep, seeking only shade. The scent of water was not the
    key to this cave. Nor was deliberate burial. Nor was (insert
    mandatory macro) aquarboreal swampiness. They sought cool
    large space which had no predators or biting flies, and found
    it. Rest in peace.
    ..
    When your beliefs are so rigid that you
    have to block out all contrary evidence,
    it's you that is the problem.
    ..
    What contrary evidence?

    Those caves!

    Those 3D underground labyrinths sound like excellent places to cool down on a hot hot day, predators and parasites unable to attack, food stored in the cellar during drought, plenty of room to rest, silence allowed primitive echolocation as guidance in
    the pitch black using clicks and sticks and stones. Do you think that Berger and Hawks are their body size?

    See https://twitter.com/johnhawks?lang=en

    John Hawks and Lee Berger recently went into
    the 'entrance' to the system, squeezing through
    the 'superman crawl'. It's been widened, and
    can now take over-weight middle aged men.
    See the brief videos.

    Even with light the complexity of the various
    chamber and passages are confusing. It's a
    3-dimensional puzzle. The entrance to the
    'superman crawl' is far down in the cave, well
    beyond any light. I hadn't realised that the
    "dragon's back" was a narrow ridge, with a
    steep fall of several metres if you slipped.

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/data/naledi/

    No one would ever go so far into such a cave
    without light. The absence of animal fossils
    of all other species tells you that.

    Primitive telegraphy. The blind man rules the darkest cave.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Paul Crowley@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 1 04:49:31 2022
    On Thursday 31 March 2022 at 23:52:02 UTC+1, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/data/naledi/
    ..
    No one would ever go so far into such a cave
    without light. The absence of animal fossils
    of all other species tells you that.
    ..
    Primitive telegraphy. The blind man rules the darkest cave.

    When your beliefs are so rigid that you
    have to block out all contrary evidence,
    it's you that is the problem.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to Paul Crowley on Fri Apr 1 05:50:33 2022
    On Friday, April 1, 2022 at 7:49:31 AM UTC-4, Paul Crowley wrote:
    On Thursday 31 March 2022 at 23:52:02 UTC+1, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/data/naledi/
    ..
    No one would ever go so far into such a cave
    without light. The absence of animal fossils
    of all other species tells you that.
    ..
    Primitive telegraphy. The blind man rules the darkest cave.
    When your beliefs are so rigid that you
    have to block out all contrary evidence,
    it's you that is the problem.
    Ignorance is bliss, Gilligan.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Sun Apr 17 22:32:19 2022
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:


    We're talking about one and only one cave here.

    No we're not. The point about the moist air was settled long ago. But
    you're still mouthing off. So it's not about any cave, no facts matter
    here, this is all about YOU and YOUR inability to admit that you were
    wrong.

    https://groups.google.com/g/sci.anthropology.paleo/c/_MTWZY_Vxe4/m/cBQieefIFgAJ

    I had forgotten the third cite, which I clearly reference there, but as it's in this very thread, and you are pretending to be talking about a cave
    and the facts surrounding it, you no doubt are already looking back and finding it. That third cite. Pretending the two I presented in the abover weren't enough.

    So what's the issue here? a cave?

    No. It's your inability to admit that you were wrong.

    So, why would this primatge crawl into this tiny tight hole????

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 18 04:53:39 2022
    So, why would this primatge crawl into this tiny tight hole????

    It didn't, of course, google
    "Not Homo but Pan or Australopithecus naledi PPT".

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Mon Apr 18 16:36:11 2022
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    So, why would this primatge crawl into this tiny tight hole????

    Well seeing how you missed it the first 900 times, the crazies think it was
    a two-way trip, one of them while lugging around a dead body. Intelligent people see it more as the Roach Motel for Naledi where Naledi go in but
    they don't go out...

    Again, you're oblivious to the last 900 times this was gone over, and you
    know doubt view this as an accomplishment, but the cool moist air from
    the depths would have been a powerful draw during a scorching drought.
    If you want you can scramble your brain & pretend that the word :"Air" is "Water." That seems to be popular amongst the mouth breathers.

    And, oh; "Moist" is an adjective. You can impress the trailer park crowd
    by mistaking it for a noun -- a variation on the spelling of "Air" which
    in turn is French for "Water."

    It has been suggested that they didn't even need to be in drought
    conditions. That, a simple heat wave might've been enough to drive them
    down into that cool (moist) air...

    But if you missed every other time this stuff has been raised, what are the odds of you catching it this time?




    -- --

    https://filmfreeway.com/BostonsScreamingOstrichFilmFestival

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  • From Paul Crowley@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Tue Apr 19 03:10:42 2022
    On Tuesday 19 April 2022 at 00:36:12 UTC+1, I Envy JTEM wrote:


    So, why would this primatge crawl into this tiny tight hole????

    Well seeing how you missed it the first 900 times, the crazies think it was
    a two-way trip, one of them while lugging around a dead body. Intelligent people see it more as the Roach Motel for Naledi where Naledi go in but
    they don't go out...

    Again, you're oblivious to the last 900 times this was gone over, and you know doubt view this as an accomplishment, but the cool moist air from
    the depths would have been a powerful draw during a scorching drought.
    If you want you can scramble your brain & pretend that the word :"Air" is "Water." That seems to be popular amongst the mouth breathers.

    Primates rarely go down holes. But many
    species often do -- e.g. rodents, pigs. They
    usually have a much better ability to scent
    water. Yet there are NO remains of any
    such species in the depths of this cave.
    They cannot cope with the complete
    absence of light. But somehow h.naledi
    did.

    That's what you have to explain.

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Paul Crowley on Tue Apr 19 21:52:31 2022
    Paul Crowley wrote:

    Primates rarely go down holes.

    "They bury their dead" is a rule. So it would be "Always go down
    holes." However, the intelligent and rather obvious explanation
    that they didn't, it was an exception, they did NOT bury there dead
    (which is a rule) takes care of that.

    But many
    species often do -- e.g. rodents, pigs. They
    usually have a much better ability to scent
    water.

    Thanks you. Thank you for thinking that the word "Air" is an
    alternative spelling of "Water."

    I would have been disappointed if I had seen an intelligent
    argument in opposition...

    HINT: If something is really good at finding water, and there's
    no water there, only moist air, they are not going to go down
    there. BECAUSE they're really good at finding water and there's
    no water, just moist air...

    "Water" is a noun yet, and I hope you are sitting for this, the
    noun in my statement is "Air."

    "Moist" is an adjective.

    Glad we straightened this out, again, and look forward to the
    many, many, Many, MANY more times it will have to be
    repeated, as you fail to grasp it.

    *Hugs!*



    -- --

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/681976832492486656

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Wed Apr 20 15:17:43 2022
    On Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 12:52:32 AM UTC-4, I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Paul Crowley wrote:

    Primates rarely go down holes.
    "They bury their dead" is a rule. So it would be "Always go down
    holes." However, the intelligent and rather obvious explanation
    that they didn't, it was an exception, they did NOT bury there dead
    (which is a rule) takes care of that.
    But many
    species often do -- e.g. rodents, pigs. They
    usually have a much better ability to scent
    water.
    Thanks you. Thank you for thinking that the word "Air" is an
    alternative spelling of "Water."

    I would have been disappointed if I had seen an intelligent
    argument in opposition...

    HINT: If something is really good at finding water, and there's
    no water there, only moist air, they are not going to go down
    there. BECAUSE they're really good at finding water and there's
    no water, just moist air...

    "Water" is a noun yet, and I hope you are sitting for this, the
    noun in my statement is "Air."

    "Moist" is an adjective.

    Glad we straightened this out, again, and look forward to the
    many, many, Many, MANY more times it will have to be
    repeated, as you fail to grasp it.

    *Hugs!*



    -- --

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/681976832492486656
    Jerm all wet.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 21 19:38:35 2022
    DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:

    [...]

    If you want people to know that you're an emotional basket case, keep
    doing what you're doing.





    -- --

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/682192196226760704

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Thu Apr 21 23:09:31 2022
    On Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 10:38:36 PM UTC-4, I Envy JTEM wrote:
    DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:
    [...]

    If you want people to know that you're an emotional basket case, keep
    doing what you're doing.





    -- --

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/682192196226760704
    Trolling?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Tue May 3 14:42:57 2022
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    So, why would this primatge crawl into this tiny tight hole????

    Well seeing how you missed it the first 900 times, the crazies think it was
    a two-way trip, one of them while lugging around a dead body. Intelligent people see it more as the Roach Motel for Naledi where Naledi go in but
    they don't go out...

    Again, you're oblivious to the last 900 times this was gone over, and you know doubt view this as an accomplishment, but the cool moist air from
    the depths would have been a powerful draw during a scorching drought.
    If you want you can scramble your brain & pretend that the word :"Air" is "Water." That seems to be popular amongst the mouth breathers.

    And, oh; "Moist" is an adjective. You can impress the trailer park crowd
    by mistaking it for a noun -- a variation on the spelling of "Air" which
    in turn is French for "Water."

    It has been suggested that they didn't even need to be in drought
    conditions. That, a simple heat wave might've been enough to drive them
    down into that cool (moist) air...

    But if you missed every other time this stuff has been raised, what are the odds of you catching it this time?

    So you think they huffed and puffed and crawled into a tight hole to cool
    off? LOL

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Wed May 4 06:56:11 2022
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    So you think they

    You. Not "They": You. I said "Cool most air" and YOU decided that I said "There was water! There was so much water! There was a goddamn
    lake down there! They all drowned!"

    You did that. Right here. In this thread. And you're still doing it.



    -- --

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/683253336492949504

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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Sun May 22 23:54:39 2022
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    So you think they

    You. Not "They": You. I said "Cool most air" and YOU decided that I said "There was water! There was so much water! There was a goddamn
    lake down there! They all drowned!"

    You did that. Right here. In this thread. And you're still doing it.


    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    So, why would this primatge crawl into this tiny tight hole????

    Well seeing how you missed it the first 900 times, the crazies think it was a two-way trip, one of them while lugging around a dead body. Intelligent people see it more as the Roach Motel for Naledi where Naledi go in but
    they don't go out...

    Again, you're oblivious to the last 900 times this was gone over, and you know doubt view this as an accomplishment, but the cool moist air from
    the depths would have been a powerful draw during a scorching drought.
    If you want you can scramble your brain & pretend that the word :"Air" is "Water." That seems to be popular amongst the mouth breathers.

    And, oh; "Moist" is an adjective. You can impress the trailer park crowd
    by mistaking it for a noun -- a variation on the spelling of "Air" which
    in turn is French for "Water."

    It has been suggested that they didn't even need to be in drought conditions. That, a simple heat wave might've been enough to drive them
    down into that cool (moist) air...

    But if you missed every other time this stuff has been raised, what are the odds of you catching it this time?

    So you think they huffed and puffed and crawled into a tight hole to cool
    off? LOL

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Mon May 23 22:10:43 2022
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    So you think they huffed and puffed and crawled into a tight hole to cool off? LOL

    So you're pretending that's unlikely, but that they did crawl into that exact same tight hole carrying bodies... only to find their way back out in
    complete darkness.

    It's like claiming they were strong enough to lift 200 pounds but too weak
    to lift 40.



    -- --

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/685099303937720320

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  • From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 25 12:13:27 2022
    Op donderdag 4 november 2021 om 16:31:23 UTC+1 schreef Pandora:
    Expanded Explorations of the Dinaledi Subsystem, Rising Star Cave
    System, South Africa.

    https://slideplayer.com/slide/13752676/

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to littor...@gmail.com on Wed May 25 14:48:42 2022
    littor...@gmail.com wrote:

    Op donderdag 4 november 2021 om 16:31:23 UTC+1 schreef Pandora:
    Expanded Explorations of the Dinaledi Subsystem, Rising Star Cave
    System, South Africa.

    https://slideplayer.com/slide/13752676/

    That is correct, going by everything I ever heard. The Chimp hand is the
    more derived, the human hand closer to our more primitive ancestors.
    So Naledi isn't "Highly Evolved" it's primitive.




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    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/685240631321411584

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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Mon May 30 22:53:34 2022
    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    So you think they huffed and puffed and crawled into a tight hole to cool
    off? LOL

    So you're pretending that's unlikely, but that they did crawl into that exact same tight hole carrying bodies... only to find their way back out in complete darkness.

    I never made that claim. The real scenario hasn't been worked out yet. Little Foot and Altamura are suggestive.

    It's like claiming they were strong enough to lift 200 pounds but too weak
    to lift 40.

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Wed Jun 1 10:47:12 2022
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    I never made that claim.

    Nor stated anything of substance.

    You're quote consistent.




    -- --

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/685829083109720064

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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Pity JTEM on Tue Jun 7 20:28:11 2022
    I Pity JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    I never made that claim.

    Nor stated anything of substance.

    Whereas you just make things up, and just admitted it.

    I Pity JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    So you think they huffed and puffed and crawled into a tight hole to cool
    off? LOL

    So you're pretending that's unlikely, but that they did crawl into that
    exact
    same tight hole carrying bodies... only to find their way back out in complete darkness.

    I never made that claim. The real scenario hasn't been worked out yet. Little Foot and Altamura are suggestive.

    It's like claiming they were strong enough to lift 200 pounds but too weak to lift 40.

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Thu Jun 9 09:29:23 2022
    I lust for JTEM, Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Whereas you just make things up, and just admitted it.

    Hmm. I said "Moist cool air" you made up "Water! There was so much
    water that they downed in it!"

    The magnificent and oh so brilliant JTEM truthed:

    same tight hole carrying bodies... only to find their way back out in complete darkness.

    I never made that claim.

    Yes you did. It's intrinsic, inseparable from the "Dee Bew-weed deer dead" nonsense that you're defending.

    The real scenario hasn't been worked out yet.

    Irrelevant. The burial claims has been worked out of the picture. It's nonsense.

    It's idiocy.




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  • From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 14 02:22:22 2022
    Op donderdag 9 juni 2022 om 18:29:24 UTC+2 schreef I Envy JTEM:
    I lust for JTEM, Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Whereas you just make things up, and just admitted it.
    Hmm. I said "Moist cool air" you made up "Water! There was so much
    water that they downed in it!"

    The magnificent and oh so brilliant JTEM truthed:
    same tight hole carrying bodies... only to find their way back out in complete darkness.

    I never made that claim.
    Yes you did. It's intrinsic, inseparable from the "Dee Bew-weed deer dead" nonsense that you're defending.
    The real scenario hasn't been worked out yet.
    Irrelevant. The burial claims has been worked out of the picture. It's nonsense.
    It's idiocy.


    Yes, obviously:
    https://slideplayer.com/slide/13752676/

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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Pity JTEM on Sun Jul 3 21:51:41 2022
    I Pity JTEM wrote:

    I pity JTEM, Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Whereas you just make things up, and just admitted it.

    Hmm. I said "Moist cool air" you made up "Water! There was so much
    water that they downed in it!"

    Moisture and water go together, even little kids learn this.

    The magnificent and oh so brilliant JTEM truthed:

    same tight hole carrying bodies... only to find their way back out in
    complete darkness.

    I never made that claim.

    Yes you did. It's intrinsic, inseparable from the "Dee Bew-weed deer dead" nonsense that you're defending.

    In English, please.

    The real scenario hasn't been worked out yet.

    Irrelevant. The burial claims has been worked out of the picture. It's nonsense.

    It's idiocy.

    You can't help it.

    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    So you think they huffed and puffed and crawled into a tight hole to cool
    off? LOL

    So you're pretending that's unlikely, but that they did crawl into that
    exact
    same tight hole carrying bodies... only to find their way back out in complete darkness.

    I never made that claim. The real scenario hasn't been worked out yet. Little Foot and Altamura are suggestive.

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  • From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 4 03:07:54 2022
    In English, please.

    https://slideplayer.com/slide/13752676/

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 4 15:09:20 2022
    Wets his bed, Primum Sapienti wrote:

    [...]

    If & when you are ready to admit that I said "Moist cool air" and
    you stupidly read "WATER! LOTS OF WATER! THEY WERE
    DROWNING IN THE STUFF" I would be happy to attempt a
    rational discussion with you, even knowing that you'd fail. Until
    then, talk to the hand.




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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Thu Jul 28 22:05:23 2022
    I Envy JTEM wrote:

    Wets his bed, Primum Sapienti wrote:

    [...]

    If & when you are ready to admit that I said "Moist cool air" and
    you stupidly read "WATER! LOTS OF WATER! THEY WERE
    DROWNING IN THE STUFF" I would be happy to attempt a
    rational discussion with you, even knowing that you'd fail. Until
    then, talk to the hand.




    I Pity JTEM wrote:
    I pity JTEM, Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Whereas you just make things up, and just admitted it.

    Hmm. I said "Moist cool air" you made up "Water! There was so much
    water that they downed in it!"

    Moisture and water go together, even little kids learn this.

    The magnificent and oh so brilliant JTEM truthed:

    same tight hole carrying bodies... only to find their way back out in
    complete darkness.

    I never made that claim.

    Yes you did. It's intrinsic, inseparable from the "Dee Bew-weed deer dead" nonsense that you're defending.

    In English, please.

    The real scenario hasn't been worked out yet.

    Irrelevant. The burial claims has been worked out of the picture. It's
    nonsense.

    It's idiocy.

    You can't help it.

    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    So you think they huffed and puffed and crawled into a tight hole to cool
    off? LOL

    So you're pretending that's unlikely, but that they did crawl into that
    exact
    same tight hole carrying bodies... only to find their way back out in complete darkness.

    I never made that claim. The real scenario hasn't been worked out yet. Little Foot and Altamura are suggestive.

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  • From I Envy JTEM@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Fri Aug 12 13:12:28 2022
    Talking to the hand, Primum Sapienti wrote:

    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    If & when you are ready to admit that I said "Moist cool air" and
    you stupidly read "WATER! LOTS OF WATER! THEY WERE
    DROWNING IN THE STUFF" I would be happy to attempt a
    rational discussion with you, even knowing that you'd fail. Until
    then, talk to the hand.

    Moisture and water go together

    No. "Moist" as in "Moist air" is an adjective while "Water" as in "I
    drink water" is a noun.

    Adjectives /Describe/ nouns. They are not nouns themselves.

    "Moist" is to "Air" what "Tall" is to "Man."



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  • From Primum Sapienti@21:1/5 to I Envy JTEM on Thu Aug 25 22:42:16 2022
    I Envy JTEM wrote:

    Talking to the hand, Primum Sapienti wrote:

    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    If & when you are ready to admit that I said "Moist cool air" and
    you stupidly read "WATER! LOTS OF WATER! THEY WERE
    DROWNING IN THE STUFF" I would be happy to attempt a
    rational discussion with you, even knowing that you'd fail. Until
    then, talk to the hand.

    Moisture and water go together

    No. "Moist" as in "Moist air" is an adjective while "Water" as in "I
    drink water" is a noun.

    Adjectives /Describe/ nouns. They are not nouns themselves.

    "Moist" is to "Air" what "Tall" is to "Man."

    Only in AA land is "moist" = dry.

    I Pity JTEM wrote:
    I pity JTEM, Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Whereas you just make things up, and just admitted it.

    Hmm. I said "Moist cool air" you made up "Water! There was so much
    water that they downed in it!"

    Moisture and water go together, even little kids learn this.

    The magnificent and oh so brilliant JTEM truthed:

    same tight hole carrying bodies... only to find their way back out in
    complete darkness.

    I never made that claim.

    Yes you did. It's intrinsic, inseparable from the "Dee Bew-weed deer dead" nonsense that you're defending.

    In English, please.

    The real scenario hasn't been worked out yet.

    Irrelevant. The burial claims has been worked out of the picture. It's
    nonsense.

    It's idiocy.

    You can't help it.

    I Envy JTEM wrote:
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    So you think they huffed and puffed and crawled into a tight hole to cool
    off? LOL

    So you're pretending that's unlikely, but that they did crawl into that
    exact
    same tight hole carrying bodies... only to find their way back out in complete darkness.

    I never made that claim. The real scenario hasn't been worked out yet. Little Foot and Altamura are suggestive.

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  • From JTEM is so reasonable@21:1/5 to Primum Sapienti on Fri Aug 26 15:16:10 2022
    Primum Sapienti wrote:

    Only in AA land is "moist" = dry.

    Hmm. And "Tall" = short?

    "Heavy" = light?

    Look. This is rudimentary English. And although nobody is saying that
    you have to be a native English speaker to hold an opinion, when you
    lack basic English skills, as you clearly do, you could at least Google
    the corrections given to you.

    Seriously. "Moist" in an adjective. Google it. Learn something.





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