Re: Why Large Gap Between Species...?

HARRY R. ERWIN (herwin@mason2.gmu.edu)
5 Dec 1996 13:38:14 GMT

Nat Turner (turner@smarty.smart.net) wrote:

: This has never been clear to me. Now that we've established man's
: origins, how do we explain the absence of all his closely related
: sub-species? Even the austrolopiths should have been better equipped
: to survive than monkeys and apes, yet they have not. Why?

Competitive exclusion, facilitated by H. erectus use of fire to reduce/
fragment closed habitats in Africa even further.

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