Re: Who Killed the Australopithecines?

Mathew Shember (mathews@wv.mentorg.com)
25 Apr 1995 02:08:43 GMT

In article <3n1rdk$hpu@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>, vincent1@ix.netcom.com (Vincent DeLuca) writes:
|> In <bardD78z0H.EEw@netcom.com> bard@netcom.com (BARD) writes:
|> >
|> >In article <4eraleEYs9AF075yn@fox.nstn.ns.ca>,
|> >Dave Oldridge <doldridg@fox.nstn.ns.ca> wrote:
|> >>In article <bardD6ns30.E5J@netcom.com>, bard@netcom.com (BARD) wrote:
|> >>> In article <4qLWleEYsXU1075yn@fox.nstn.ns.ca>,
|> >>> Dave Oldridge <doldridg@fox.nstn.ns.ca> wrote:
|> >>> >In article <1995Mar30.191251.9700@roper.uwyo.edu>,
|> >>> >rtravsky@UWYO.EDU (Rich Travsky) wrote:
|> >>> >
|> >>> >> bard@netcom.com (BARD) writes:
|> >>> >> >
|> >>> The point here is that genocide seems the only logical
|> explanation
|> >>> to the extinction of A. species by H. habilis, H. habilis by H.
|> >>> erectus, H. erectus by H. sapiens.
|> >>
|> >>I doubt it. And there's no real reason to assume it. Sure, some
|> >>individuals of earlier species were undoubtedly killed by members of
|> >>later species. That process continues to this day, but we rarely
|> kill
|> >>chimps and gorillas out of any sense of revulsion or any desire to
|> >>commit genocide. More likely, the habitats just continued to change,
|> >>giving the newer hominids an ever greater advantage, while the
|> pongids
|> >>continued to thrive in THEIR habitats.
|> >>
|> >>And it happened over far too long a period for it to be genocide.
|> >>
|> >> --
|> >> Dave Oldridge
|> >> doldridg@fox.nstn.ns.ca
|> >
|> > _____________________________________________
|> >
|> >
|> >
|> > Man has been quite successful in the near-extermination of
|> > various ethnic groups. The need to do this on a more
|> > primitive level is what I believed happened to A.species.
|> > Mind you, H. habilis did not think of A.species as merely
|> > an ape, but rather, a cunning creature too intelligent to
|> > have around.
|> >
|> > We are repulsed by rats, yet find squirrels cute.
|> >
|> > Why...?
|> >
|> >
|> > Also, genocide is not defined by any time constraints I'm aware
|> of.
|> >
|> >
|> >
|> > BARD
|> >
|> >
|>
|> In the study of Mitochondrial DNA it has been shown
|> (Wilson,Caan) that there has been no passage of genes from H. Erectus
|> >to H.Sapiens.

As I always understood it. I thought the verdict was not in on Mitochondrial
DNA..... There were some major problems with it.

Could someone correct my thought?...

Thanks

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