A Mechanical Hypothesis for the 7-6 Ma Hominin Divergence: The Soil-Breaking Miner Protocol (SBM)
Abstract
Superseded early working hypothesis; retained as a record of project development. The author no longer endorses the evidentiary claims, numerical thresholds, or quantitative inferences in this version. The text below is preserved for archival purposes and should not be treated as representing the author’s current research position. Hominin origins represent engineering failure analysis of Last Common Ancestor (LCA) resource acquisition systems. Papionin LCA throughput (
Fields of Study & Subjects
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 15 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint