Re: Homo erectus: racial variants of Homo sapiens?
Stanley Friesen (sarima@ix.netcom.com)
Mon, 20 Jan 1997 01:35:30 GMT
>dbarnes@liv.ac.uk (Dan Barnes) wrote:
>> ... They have done
>>numbers of studies showing links from the H.e. (at sites like Trinil, I think) to the
>>archaic H.s. (the Ngandong hominids we are discussing) to the modern
>>Australians.
Ack. The Ngandong specimens (aka Solo Man) are considered slightly
unusual _Homo erectus_ by most workers, *not* archaic H.s.
Indeed in the main recent text on _Homo erectus_ a strong case is made
for such a conclusion based on morphometric analysis of the variation
in the H.e. specimens from various sites.
The peace of God be with you.
Stanley Friesen
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