Re: Death of a hypothesis

David N. Barnett (74467.2253@compuserve.com)
Thu, 11 Jul 1996 07:13:39 GMT

Elaine Morgan <elaine@desco.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>> Personally, I think a bit of both. Probably, as the teeth shrank in
>> size as did roots, the mandible appeared to protrude more. Other
>> animals have chins too.
>
>Which ones, please? I can't think of any except the elephant

Besides the elephant, how about the wooly mammoth and the mastodon?

--dnb