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Re: Introducing myself, and several questions

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Friday, February 18, 2005, 3:09
This or last week's.  I'd consult my copy, but my husband has spirited it
off somewhere.
Sal.

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From: "Andreas Johansson" <andjo@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: Introducing myself, and several questions


> Quoting Sally Caves <scaves@...>: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Andreas Johansson" <andjo@...> >> >> > I've not read the SciAm article, but it seems to be generally thought >> > that >> > floresiensis was an erectus offshoot, not a sapiens one. >> > >> > Andreas >> >> IIRC, the Scientific American article supports the idea that Floresiensis >> is >> from Sapiens, and shows dwarfism. It exhibits the skull features. Its >> main >> point is that island species tend to exhibit either gigantism or dwarfism >> for purposes of survival and they give examples with the dwarf elephant >> and >> the giant rat. I'm not saying I believe it (back to doubt, again!) but >> this >> was the thrust of the essay. > > What issue is it? I should be able to check it out in the uni library > tomorrow. > > Andreas >

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