Wikipedia talk: WikiProject Primates
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Old discussions: Before November 2004
My Anthropology class notes are showing that Homo habilis existed from 1.9 to 1.6 MYA, however this website shows H. habilis living between 2.4 and 1.75 MYA. Wikipedia states that they existed 2.5 to 2.0 MYA. What the heck is going on here? Dustin Asby 00:43, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Actually, Human_evolution doesn't even agree with itself, it lists "2.4 to 1.5" MYA and "2.5–2 MYA." It also says, "when it diverged from the Australopithecines." I think there is considerable evidence that Homo diverged at garhi. Dustin Asby 01:19, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Yup. Ain't it fun. We do the best we can with the data we have. Look through the history and see when the dating on the H. Habilis article was added, and if anything was put in the edit notes about it. There's always disagreement in science about thing which are not easy to determine. There's been disagreement as to how many extinct Homo species have been discovered. Those differences yield different datings. - UtherSRG 02:20, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
