Re: Speciation - how do you know?
Nicholas Rosen (ndrosen@bu.edu)
12 Oct 1996 22:18:01 GMT
T&B Schmal (schmal@firstnethou.com) wrote:
: So you are building a case for Neanderthal the hunter, the meat-eater, the
: "I don't know how to eat vegetables" man. If, when the ice melted and the
: vegetation appeared but the Neanderthal didn't know how to take advantage
: of it, the way would be open for another people, a people who knew how to
: gather, to gain ascendance. Maybe this is what happened?
That doesn't explain why the Neanderthals didn't migrate North, to a climate
more like what they were familiar with, while H.s.s. occupied the former
Neanderthal range. Of course, if the Neanderthals were stay-at-homes --
but I'll let someone else argue that one.
--
Nicholas Rosen
Standard disclaimers apply. I'm not speaking for Boston University. Look,
when our esteemed Chancellor has an opinion on something, he doesn't need
me to express it for him.
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