Re: Archaic H. sapiens???

Gerrit Hanenburg (G.Hanenburg@inter.nl.net)
Sun, 05 Jan 1997 13:49:50 GMT

herwin@osf1.gmu.edu (HARRY R. ERWIN) wrote:

>There are also some skeletal differences, which are most pronounced in
>early H. erectus--the Turkana boy shows evidence for a recent climbing phase.

Would you care to explain the evidence? I've read "The Nariokotome
Homo erectus skeleton", and although it mentions some skeletal
differences between H.erectus and H.sapiens, I don't remember any of
them being particularly related to a recent climbing fase.

Gerrit