Re: Death of a hypothesis

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In article <31e4a8da.3796006@news.aristotle.net> 74467.2253@compuserve.com wrote...

> 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?
>
Okay, I should have said the elephantidae or whatever the generic term
is, to be safe. Actually I have never seem a picture of the profile of a
mastodon,s skull but I would imagine that feature would be there.
.
Elaine

> --dnb
>

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