Thanks, Bob. I shall enjoy looking at those. Can't say I've ever met a Leakey, but I do have a friend called Lucy...<g>
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Shell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 February 2006 15:53 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy > > > On Feb 18, 2006, at 6:48 PM, Bob W wrote: > > >> > >> 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. > >> > > > > Yes, please. I'd be interested to see that. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bob > > > > > It may take me a while digging through e-mails to find the > one that brought this to my attention. Meanwhile, here are > some of my bookmarks on this subject that may prove interesting: > > http://www.crystalinks.com/africacreation.html > > http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050516/firsthuman.html > > http://www.historyplace.com/pointsofview/not-out.htm > > http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/ > 2002/07/0703_020704_georgianskull.html > > FWIW, I have always thought that the out of Africa theory was > a house of cards built on quicksand. I had a spirited > argument about this with Loius Leakey back in the 70s. > Leakey wanted his own discoveries to be the beginnings of man > far too much, in my opinion. I don't think he was objective about it. > > Bob > > > >
