Johnnyb said: Australian Abo’s are not really humans, as in Homo Sapiens Sapiens, but are most likely a remnant group of surviving Homo Erectus, as evidenced by the fact that the current morphology of their cranial features more closely resembles that of Erectus than Europeans. Not only to the Abos have brain sizes which are identical to Erectus, but they also have browridges, protruding mouthes, receeding jaws and large teeth indicative of more primitive forms. Between Africans and Australian Aborigines, a strong case could be made that at least 3 species of bi-pedal apes currently exist in the world.
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Except that genetic studies show Abos are human. Mitrochondrial and Y-chromosonal studies have shown they have the same founder branches as other humans, descendants of early migration out of Africa. And brow ridges do not mean anything, caucasians have the second most-prominent brow ridges of the major races, after australoids.
Johnnyb doesn't know what he is talking about.
I also had my doubts.
The real question is whether they interbred with Homo Erectus en route to Australia, and then preserved some of their characteristics due to isolation. Note they would have encountered Homo Floriensis in the islands of what is now South East Asia, and who are known to have survived until long after humans made it to Australia.
Anon.
Anon, that has been a viable hypothesis, but DNA studies investigating that very question have shown no evidence of that. It may have happened. There is just no tangible evidence, genetic or otherwise. The Aboriginal ancestors were probably more advanced than Abos today, since they had to be seafaring explorers to reach Australia. Chances are, any other human species encountered would have just been exterminated.
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