AL-444: Reply to Holloway

• Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
• Next message: NICHOLLS PHILIP A: "I really don't care ..."
• Previous message: NICHOLLS PHILIP A: "Re: A stronger will than mine."

Dr. Holloway,

Thank you for your recent reply.

Yes, AL 444-2 does have both an OM and T/S sinus. As I understand
it, the critical feature being scored is not the absense of a
transverse-sigmoid sinus, but the presense of an enlarged OM sinus,
which seems to be a fixed feature in robust australopithecines.

> If the internal table of bone of this specimen isn't eroded, it
> will be interesting to see if there will be melange of pongid and
> hominid characteristics. I'm betting there will be. Cheers.

I have chosen for the most part to steer clear of hominid
paleoneurology (I have an inexplicable facination with the
comparative anatomy of the basal ganglia) but I would be interested
to hear what you expect this specimen to show in terms of hominid
features.

Regards,

-- 

Philip Nicholls                   "To ask a question,

Department of Anthropology         you must first know

SUNY Albany                        most of the answer."

pn8886@thor.albany.edu

• Next message: NICHOLLS PHILIP A: "I really don't care ..."
• Previous message: NICHOLLS PHILIP A: "Re: A stronger will than mine."