Talk:Xiahe mandible

Common error
Just because something is "found" at a location does not always mean that that something lived there. It could be the result of being tossed away while passing through.

In this case, there's nothing in the article that proves that the hominid actually lived there.

It's just as plausible that the hominid was part of a migrating band just passing through and was severely injured while hunting. The band may have stayed long enough to determine if the injured party would recover or even continue to travel. If not, the band could've moved on, leaving the injured party some food. Or, the band moved on, but one or two could've stayed until the injured party passed away. Any of these scenarios could account for what was mentioned in this article as being found in the cave. (Remember, I'm only going by what is stated in the article.)

So, for the intro paragraph to boldly state that the fossils prove adaptation and high altitude living without any inline citation is, in my opinion, not right.

Or, am I missing something? 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 18:17, 4 May 2019 (UTC)


 * You're indeed missing a lot. The article clearly states that numerous stone tools and animal bones with cut marks are found in the cave, a clear sign of habitation. For detailed scientific evidence and methods, you need to read the Nature paper, not Wikipedia. And per WP:LEAD, the intro does not have citations for information cited in the article body, which is cited to the Science article wrt high-altitude adaptation. -Zanhe (talk) 20:49, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

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