Re: Where are the zoologists?
Phil Nicholls (pn8886@csc.albany.edu)
8 Dec 1994 03:18:00 GMT
In article <3c13kf$dr0@newsbf01.news.aol.com>,
Pat Dooley <patdooley@aol.com> wrote:
>The AAH proponents have come from a wide variety of disciplines, but not
>Anthropology.
>
>The opponents have been almost exclusively Anthropologists.
>
>Most of the AAH is based on mammalian physiology and evolution, fields in
>which
>Anthropologists seem to be ill prepared.
It depends on the anthropologist. I am well versed in comparative primate
anatomy and paleontology. I have taken classes in mammalogy and
comparative vertebrate anatomy.
> Perhaps the debate could be put
>on a more scientific basis if zoologists had a look at the arguments based
>on comparative physiology and evolutionary biologists exposed some of the
>simple
>errors that have made by both sides in describing evolutionary scenarios.
If you want to place this debate on a more scientific footing then I
suggest you examine all of the clues comparative anatomy can provide and
not just the selective reading Ms Morgan provides for you. By the way,
Pete Wheeler is a zoologist.
>Personally, I don't think the subject of human evolution pre tool-making
>belongs
>in Anthropology - it should be in Zoology's Ape department!
>
>Pat D risking a severe flaming
I think you will find that the subject of primatology crosses many
disciplines and that those who approach primatology from an evolutionary
perspective seem to be anthropologists, physical anthropologists like
myself.
--
Philip "Chris" Nicholls Department of Anthropology
Institute for Hydrohominoid Studies SUNY Albany
University of Ediacara pn8886@cnsunix.albany.edu
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