----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 6:34 PM Subject: Re: Homo [was: Thoughts on gay marriage?]
> In a message dated 2/27/2004 5:41:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > But we don't know _for sure_ if Homo erectus was a race of Homo > > sapies or a different species. There are some hints that it was possible > > to exchange genes from H. erectus to H. sapies - this would place > > the origin of humans back to 1 million years ago. > > > > > > bob z > the current trend seems to be to view the hominids of the last millenia as > seperate species. the dna evidence suggests that neanderthal was a seperate > species and erectus was pretty different from sapien. In fact, early sapien may > have been different from the more recent version. We know that there was a > great leap forward about 100,000 years ago when culture possibly related to > language exploded. this probably was the result of some change in the human brain. > I recommend Evolution by Steven Baxter. Its outstanding!!! xponent Topicality Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
