well I'm BobW, which stands for Best Of Both Worlds. I've been following the unfolding tale of hominid evolution ever since I can remember. That's certainly long enough to have learned that I don't know enough to say much about it beyond phrases like "Most of the recent genetic evidence seems to show that ...".
The orthodoxy has been overturned so often in the field that almost anything could be announced tomorrow which would overturn today's orthodoxy, and it would all be thrilling and fascinating. Best thing for a non-participant like me is to watch and cheer from the sidelines. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of graywolf > Sent: 14 June 2007 18:22 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted > > The one that says there is now only one theory. > > -- > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > Bob W wrote: > > Which Bob? > > > > -- > > Bob > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of graywolf > >> Sent: 14 June 2007 01:02 > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> Subject: Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted > >> > >> Even as simple a search as Wikopedia shows that all this is > >> still very much in dispute. The final argument seems to be > >> that one side claims there was interbreeding and the other > >> side says that was impossible because of DNA evidence, to > >> which the other replies the samples were inadequate to prove > >> anything. If you have something more definitive, I would like > >> to know the source, Bob. > >> > >> -- > >> graywolf > >> http://www.graywolfphoto.com > >> http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > >> "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > >> ----------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> Bob Blakely wrote: > >>> You're right. It's out of date. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Bob Blakely > >>> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ------------------------------- > >>> "A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, > >>> and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes." > >>> - Robert Frost > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>> > >>>> The most recent book I have about Neandertals is dated > >> 1999, so it's > >>>> too early for some of the most recent findings, but right at the > >>>> beginning it makes it quite clear that the classification > >> is disputed > >>>> (H. sapiens neanderthalensis or H. neanderthalensis). > >>>> > >>>> The Natural History Museum classifies them as Homo > >> neanderthalensis, > >>>> as does the American Museum of Natural History. > >>>> > >>>> http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2006/november/news_10013.html > >>>> > >>>> > > > http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/humanorigins/history/neander > >>>> thals2.php > >>>> > >>>> Most of the recent genetic evidence seems to show that > >> they were not a > >>>> subspecies of H. sapiens, but a distinct species. > >>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >>>>> > >>>>> FYI, Neanderthals are currently classified as homo sapiens. > >>>>> You have to > >>>>> reference outdated texts to find them classified as Homo > >>>>> Neanderthalis (sp). > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
