{"id":4011,"date":"2014-07-12T12:34:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T18:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=4011"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:39:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:39:45","slug":"a-1-8-million-year-old-skull-indicates-there-may-have-been-just-one-human-species-on-earth-at-that-time-iflscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/07\/12\/a-1-8-million-year-old-skull-indicates-there-may-have-been-just-one-human-species-on-earth-at-that-time-iflscience\/","title":{"rendered":"A 1.8 million year old skull indicates there may have been just one human species on Earth at that time | IFLScience"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/plants-and-animals\/18-million-year-old-skull-indicates-there-may-have-been-just-one-human-species\">A 1.8 million year old skull indicates there may have been just one human species on Earth at that time | IFLScience<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/plants-and-animals\/18-million-year-old-skull-indicates-there-may-have-been-just-one-human-species\"><img src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/human%20skull.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For some time now, I&#8217;ve been wondering if it isn&#8217;t time to re-examine how we decide something is a distinct species. Sometimes, it almost seems like we are too quick to declare something a distinct species. Is there some sort of diversity contest going on that we don&#8217;t know about? The scientist who identifies the most species wins a trip somewhere or something? The country with the most species gets a plaque?<\/p>\n<p>Seriously though, I realize a WHOLE pile of theory is built on the fact that this animal is a member of this species and not that, but what if we took a fresh look at this?<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-4011'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4011);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4011);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(4011);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A 1.8 million year old skull indicates there may have been just one human species on Earth at that time | IFLScience. For some time now, I&#8217;ve been wondering if it isn&#8217;t time to re-examine how we decide something is &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/07\/12\/a-1-8-million-year-old-skull-indicates-there-may-have-been-just-one-human-species-on-earth-at-that-time-iflscience\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,351],"tags":[71,80],"class_list":["post-4011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-nature-animals-urbanrural-life","tag-animals","tag-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-12H","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3850,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/04\/05\/where-ive-been-online-apr-5-2014\/","url_meta":{"origin":4011,"position":0},"title":"Where I&#8217;ve Been Online (Apr 5, 2014)","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"April 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Gamifying the classroom is a bad idea | Al Jazeera America \" I was part of a generation of children who learned about dysentery through a video game. 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