Re: Human Evolution Part III

Jim Foley (jimf@vangelis.ncrmicro.ncr.com)
Fri, 1 Dec 95 10:32:18 MST

>>>>> On Wed, 29 Nov 1995 17:17:58 -0800 (PST), vandewat@seas.ucla.edu said:

>> I was aware of a consensus among evolutionary biologists that
>> Cro-Magnons are Homo Sapiens Sapiens, but unlike other people on this
>> reflector I do not accept the consensus of the evolutionary community
>> until I have done research into the subject myself. As I have not
>> done the research on this topic, I tentatively accept that Cro-Magnon
>> are Homo Sapiens Sapiens but I am not entirely certain this "fact"
>> would survive enlightened scrutiny.

It's not a consensus, it's unanimity. Good grief, identifying modern
skeletons isn't rocket science; if there were any significant
differences between Cro-Magnons and us, I think someone *just might*
have noticed in the last 130 years. Give them credit for having *some*
intelligence, Robert.

-- Jim Foley                         Symbios Logic, Fort Collins, COJim.Foley@symbios.com                        (303) 223-5100 x9765