Hum...?
Wasn't it you, Bob, who mentioned the book "Secret Civilizations of the Stone Age" here on the list?
I got a copy via inter-library loan awhile back. It points out that most of the theories of the origination of man have been turned topsey-turvy in in the last few years. That there were pre-humans in Asia 2.5 million years ago (1.5 million years before Lucy in Africa). There is also some slight evidence (that no one wants to believe) that there may have be pre-humans in South America 4 million years ago (boy does that upset all the theories). Also that our current civilization seems to have moved from Europe to the middle east and back again rather than beginning suddenly in the middle east as previously supposed. And that pre-historic man was far more advanced than was ever before believed. In fact in some areas (medicine/psychology) more advanced than the 18-19th century folks who formed those theories.
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Bob W wrote:
Hi,
Many of you are probably as fascinated as I am by human origins, so I'd like to post this animation which reconstructs the spread of people out of Africa, according to current theory. It seems to match the paths traced by Stephen Oppenheimer in his recent book.
Warning: if you think it all started 6,000 years ago underneath an apple tree you might not want to look at this.
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/
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