Re: Introducing myself, and several questions
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 17, 2005, 17:49 |
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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.
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> 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.
Sally
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