Re: HUMAN-NESS OF GLENN'S FOSSIL PEOPLE

Jim Foley (jimf@vangelis.ncrmicro.ncr.com)
Mon, 25 Sep 95 11:31:32 MDT

>>>>> On Sun, 24 Sep 95 19:49:57 EDT, sjones@iinet.com.au (Stephen Jones) said:

JR>Let's consider the Bushmen of the Kalihari. They don't farm; it
>is too dry for most if not all cultivatable crops they eat roots and
>tubers that grow wild.

>> The Bushmen of the Kalahari are a special case. The Kalahari Desert
>> doesn't support farming, so it is hardly fair to use this as a
>> diagnostic feature. The test would be if the Bushmen lived in a more
>> fertile environment, would they then farm?

Another way in which the Bushmen are a special case: apparently there
are no stones available for them to use as tools. (source: "The Gods
must be Crazy". Great movie!)

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