Sorry Les, you've got to be accurate when dealing with this field. It means people only argue over the facts, rather than mistakes.

The Genus Homo is found from 2 Ma B.P. ( million years before present), starting with Homo Habilis

Homo sapiens neaderthalensis is known from 200 ka B.P., and sapiens sapiens from 90 ka B.P. ( thousand years before present)

And Boab, what about the range of tools, of increasing refinement, made by all members of our Genus? What about the burial of the dead, with ceremony, by neaderthals? What about the apperance of art, from at least 40 ka B.P.?

The fossil record of our genus is very poor. It is only in the very recent past we have become an abundunt species. It is my opinion that evidence of early human thought is so rare due to the paucity of the fossil record. What could have been produced that proves complex though, and will suvive for us to find? Not speech, Not writing or art, unless it's on a deep cave wall.

Many skeletons are only know through the skull, and a few of the more robust bones. This is why stone tools are so useful, as they suvive very well. If you don't think those count, try and make one.


Agree time for a new thread.