Hi Shuan,
You wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Shuan Rose [mailto:shuanr@boo.net]
>Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 12:58 PM
> Although I will defer to Glenn and the other experts, I am frankly
>skeptical. Jared Diamond, the writer of the Pulitzer Prize winning " Guns,
>Germs, and Steel" believed that early man was quite bloodthirsty,
>exterminating the Australian and American megafauna at the end of last ice
>age. He also believed that Homo Sapiens shoved off stage the two other
>recently surviving hominid species, Homo Neanderthalis and Homo Erectus.(I
>know that Glenn doesn't believe these were seperate species. I am going by
>the consensus view of human origins).
If I were to make a guess of the percentage of those who believe that there
was some interbreeding with the archaics it would be 99% of anthropologists
do, including those who are advocating the total replacement theory such as
Chris Stringer. Those who believe the archaics left a genetic heritage in
us probably drops to 55% with 45% holding that they did. The press seems to
favor the bloodsport of mean mankind coming out of the south killing all.
> OTOH, even Diamond agrees that large scale warfare began with the
>agricultural revolution and the rise of cities 8000 years ago.>
If he means by that armies, I agree. Only agriculture can create enough food
to support a standing army. But warfare is part and parcel of the life of
Amazonians and they engaged in little agriculture.
glenn
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