Re: Neanderthals...

HARRY R. ERWIN (herwin@osf1.gmu.edu)
22 Sep 1995 14:28:18 GMT

Bearcat (bcat@netcom.com) wrote:
: Richard Spear (rspear@primenet.com) wrote:
: : bcat@netcom.com (Bearcat) wrote:

: : >Alex Duncan (aduncan@mail.utexas.edu) wrote:

: : >: Where'd you get 2 Myr? Most of the evidence I'm aware of suggest
: : >: possible separation by 300 kyr, or perhaps a little older, depending on
: : >: how old you think Petralona might be.

: : >She's talking about Homo erectus, not modern humans.

: : That's still too long, I think. Erectus is about 1mya, yes?

: I guess there was some evidence found in Asia, I think, that
: pushed it back to 1.9mya. I don't have the cite handy, sorry.

: - Bearcat

Sounds far too early, even for H. erectus.

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