On January 7, archaeologists found fossils of what appear to be the first early signs of human evolution and development. This scientific finding will help us understand what came before us. This find is historical because these fossils are the first hominin discovery from this time period in Africa, dating back approximately 773,000 years ago.
The fossils that were discovered included a series of jawbones, a leg bone, and many teeth. “The cave is part of a quarry, where the first mandible was discovered in 1969,” states Live Science journalist Stephanie Pappas.
To uncover how old these fossils are, researchers used a method called magnetostratigraphy. This is a common technique used by looking at the fossils’ magnetic history and taking a closer look at all the different layers trapped inside to discover signs and evidence of human evolution. While lots of people don’t believe in evolution, they are determined to find and prove how humans are related to Neanderthals and Denisovans. These fossils filled in a missing gap to help understand what life was like and how this planet was before everything.
Tectonic plates movement and erosion happens over millions of years. As this process continues, rock layers are pushed to the surface, revealing fossils. This is all possible because wind, rain, ice, and time uncover what used to be far under the earth’s surface. Fossils help us understand more about our planet and what life was like in the past. We are able to understand how certain ecosystems and terrain functioned with the help of technology to examine life. Fossils help us understand the concept of extinction between various species. As you look closer at the fossils, there are signs of how the species might have died. With this important information, we can understand their deaths and hopefully prevent more in the future. Expanding more on extinction, scientists have been able to take bones of species that have died or gone extinct and brought them back to life. While there are many mixed feelings about this, just knowing that we have the power to keep them alive is a powerful tool to have in our pocket.
Certain groups of people believe that there is clear evidence between fossils, bones, anatomy, and genetics to say that we all came from another species. “The fact is that evolutionists believe in evolution because they want to. It is their desire at all costs to explain the origin of everything without a Creator,” emphasizes ICR.org, the Institute for Creation Research.
Whether or not you believe in evolution, we all had to have come from somewhere, but one day, why did we just evolve from monkeys into humans? And why are there still monkeys now? As you think about this, dive deeper into what people believe is evolution in humans, and you may find the answers you’re looking for.
