On Feb 18, 2006, at 8:50 AM, Bob W wrote:
I can't match your zoological training and experience, but I do
keep up with
this subject. The DNA evidence more or less refutes anything other
than the
Out of Africa theory. Asia obviously remains a good place to look for
fossils (the 'Hobbit' from Flores shows that) but I don't think anyone
really thinks that human origins lie anywhere but Africa now. The
major
cometing theory of 'multiregionalism' seems, as far as I understand
it all,
to have been pretty much debunked now. No doubt you also keep up with
events, and you'll be aware how quickly things are changing, and
how much
stuff is being dug up all over East and Southern Africa these days to
support the DNA evidence. Even compared to 10 and 15 years ago, the
pace of
discovery is astonishing.
Right. The paper questioning the out of Africa premise was published
within the last month or so. If I recall correctly, it was published
in Nature, a properly peer-reviewed journal of high integrity. I can
probably find the reference if you care.
I keep up with this better than you suppose.
Bob
