On Sep 6, 2009, at 6:01 PM, Mark Lause wrote: > > * our African ancestral mother, "the mitochondrial Eve lived around > 110-130,000 years ago, rather than 150,000-200,000 years ago.
I have no idea how solid this idea of a "mitochondrial Eve" is. However, assuming that it is valid, what follows is that at some time in the evolution of *homo sapiens sapiens* there occurred such an enormous catastrophe that in the whole world only one *hss* couple survived, and so all the races have descended from that couple. This survivor event must have been so awesome that it's memory would have been conserved in story and legend by the survivors, and handed down as their most precious possession to their offspring. It is therefore of the greatest significance that so many "primitive" peoples have preserved the memory of their original ancestors, the single couple that survived a world-destroying catastrophe! Not to mention the "advanced" Christians, Jews, and Muslims who likewise trace their descent to a single couple--but have transfigured memory into "apocalyptic" texts that project the original catastrophe as a future "Day of Judgment." Shane Mage > This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it > always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire, > kindling in measures and going out in measures." > > Herakleitos of Ephesos ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
