On 12 Sep 2011, at 22:30, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote:

> 
> Are you sure ? My understanding of palæoanthropology is that, long
> before man was able to differentiate ||||| deer from |||||||| deer,
> he could tell | deer from || deer from > || deer, and that was the
> limit of his calculating ability. 

Scene: A cave.
Woman at back, by fire, combing hair with bone shards. Man at mouth of cave.
Woman: "What's it like outside?"
Man: (observing |||||||| ungulates) "Looks like reindeer"

IGMC






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