Re: Evolution of Modern H. sapiens
Harry Erwin (herwin@gmu.edu)
Tue, 20 Jun 1995 19:49:52 -0400
In article <DAF9rx.7wn@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca>, Cameron Shelley
<cpshelle@watarts.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> herwin@osf1.gmu.edu (HARRY R. ERWIN) wrote:
> [...]
> >5. Modern H. sapiens, emerging from the North African group between
> >100000 and 200000 years BP. Exploding into Asia between 50000 and 100000
> >BP. In Europe about 35000 BP and in Australia 30000-50000 BP.
>
> I'm curious. Weren't "anatomically modern" human remains found in
> caves in South Africa (the name escapes me at the moment) dated roughly
> 100,000 BP?
>
Klasies River Caves. The individuals had been prepared and eaten.
However, the intermediates were further north in the African continent.
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