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How do you know that early humans weren't outnumbered?
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Fallacy of the Non-Testable Hypothesis! This is the fallacy that that which has not been proven false must be true; however, the fallacy usually applies to concepts that haven’t yet been adequately tested or are beyond the realm of proof. Religious beliefs are founded on this "fallacy", but remember that a religious belief is, by definition, based on faith, rather than empirical proof or mathematical logic; that's what the phrase "leap of faith" refers to.
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Originally Posted by boxcar
Because the early humans weren't apes?
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Early humans were apes. Modern humans are apes. You and I are apes.
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Originally Posted by boxcar
At some specific point in evolution, the earliest humans became extremely vulnerable because the lost they had gradually lost the physical strength and speed of their ancestors, while at the same time were far from realizing their cognitive potential.
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What is your evidence for this hypothesis? How do you know the loss of physical strength did did not come after they realized their cognitive potential? Is it not possible that humans lost their physical strength because the number of smart humans that survived was more than the number of strong humans that survived?
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...what "may have been" doesn't exactly count as fact!
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Don't forget, that applies to your argument too.
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... you have no idea how many species of predators existed gazillions of years ago --
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Nor do you. Any claim to the contrary is the
Fallacy of Special Pleading. I.e., you claim the rules that you apply to me do not apply to you.
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Even God agrees with me.
Deut 7:22
22 And the Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, lest the wild beasts grow too numerous for you.
NASB
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Scripture proves nothing. Do you want to go over that again? God does not post here.
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Nor do you know that all life, including man, began in Africa. Why not the Middle East, which many believe is the "cradle of civilization"?
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I'm not talking about all life. I'm talking about man specifically. We know that man began in Africa because
that's where all the fossils are. 
