Our Human origins

By Mongi Bellili

Preview

• Introduction

• Opinion of the mainstream

• The opposing opinion

Introduction

• Ambiguity of our history and longstanding

debate

• Terminology: Geology, Archeology, Morphology,

Paleontology, Genetics.

• The Stone-Bronze-Iron Ages

• Ancient- middle ages- modern

Opinion of the mainstream

• Homo habilis 2.4 million to 1.4 million.

• Homo erectus 1.8 million to 300,000.

• Neanderthals 250,000 to 30,000.

• Home sapiens, appeared 200,000 years ago.

Opinion of the mainstream• Morphological evidence: similar body parts

• Archeological evidence: human-like remains

• Genetic evidence:

Opinion of the mainstream

• Multiregional hypothesis:

• Out of Africa hypothesis:

Opinion of the mainstream

The opposing opinion

• Forbidden discoveries:

Human artifacts in Mexico (250 thousands).

Human foot prints as old as 100 million years.

• DNA findings showed that other species were

unlikely to have contributed to the modern

human genome.

• They are different species that had gone

extinct.

The opposing opinion

Content

• Introduction

• Opinion of the mainstream

• The opposing opinion

Conclusion

• Curiosity of the human being.

• Show misuse of science.

• Coexistence of religion and science.

• Still a lot to discover : more Q? than answers.