Re: The Shifting AAT

Paul Crowley (Paul@crowleyp.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 18 Oct 95 22:43:40 GMT

In article <463ae6$3tg@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>
gator@mail.utexas.edu "chris brochu" writes:

> In short, it is
> possible that an undiscovered aquatic phase existed, but how would we
> know if we were wrong?

. . . . by the discovery of a series of hominid fossils 5-4mya
located at some distance from any contemporaneous large body of water.

The AAT is readily falsifiable. It's a scientific hypothesis.

Are there other competitive theories about which you can say this?

Paul.