News items
Robert Miller (rlmiller@garlic.com)
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 18:55:48 -0700
Did anyone note the 2 interesting news items in the July Scientific
American? On page 28 an item taken from the April 27 Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences described a possible near extinction of
humans in the past million years. The suggestion comes from a study of
mtDNA and they speculate it could have been caused by disease, natural
disaster or connflict. Do you suppose they would consider a flood as a
natural disaster?
Then on page 30 a hominid discovered in Ethiopia is dated 2.5 mya and
was found with animal bones that had been cut and broken, an apparent
tool user.His species name, garhi, means surprise in Afar. This from the
April 23 Science.
Bob Miller