Re: archaic Homo sapiens

Vincent DeLuca (vincent1@ix.netcom.com)
23 Sep 1995 02:53:36 GMT

In <60.2808.7295.0N1F5C07@canrem.com> j#d#.moore@canrem.com (J. Moore)
writes:
>
>
>Vi> I am a follower and believer of the *out of Africa* theory
that
>Vi> Homo sapiens came out of Africa 200,000 or so years ago and
replaced
>Vi> Homo erectus without interbreeding with him.
>Vi> I find the appearance of archaic Homo sapiens or *transitional
>Vi> forms* such as Petrolona man found in Greece very disturbing.
>Vi> Am I overlooking something simple?
>Vi> Appreciate any input.
>Vi> Vincent1.
>
>The idea that in science, you shouldn't be "a follower and
>believer"? ;-)
>
>Along with the idea that the part of the "out of Africa" thesis
>that insists on "no interbreeding" seems mighty unlikely, given
>exogamy in humans and our near relatives.
>
>Jim Moore (j#d#.moore@canrem.com)
>
> * Q-Blue 2.0 *

Thank you but you did not answer my question.
Vincent1.