Backed into the same corner
- From: "Jim McGinn" <jimmcginn@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 31 May 2005 12:07:31 -0700
In reading the continuing debate about AAT vs.
conventional vagueness, I think it's interesting
to note that the respective sides have effectively
backed each other into the same corner. Both
sides now can do little more than define the
habitat that hominid evolution took place--treed
habitat in the vicinity of water--and are
completely unable to address the selective origins
of major hominid traits. No longer do we see Marc
making claims about breath control, the development
of the hominid larynx, and the origins of hominid
speech, for example. No longer do we see Wagler or
Macfarlane referring to selective scenarious that
involve outsmarting other scavengers with tools in
open habitat to evolve larger brains.
In discussing the shortcomings of current theory
it's no longer necessary to draw any distinction
between AAT and conventional vagueness. Neither of
the even begin to address the main issue of hominid
evolution: Why are hominids and or animals like
them so completely nonexistent in the fossil record
prior to 8 mya?
Jim
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