Re: Bo Graslund "Early humans & their world" Routledge

deowll wrote:
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> "Lee Olsen" <paleocity@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> mclark wrote:
> > "Lee Olsen" <paleocity@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > Marc Verhaegen wrote:
> > [..]
> > >>
> > >> I haven't heard of this book yet. Anybody knows more?
> > >
> > > Amazon.com lists the book. Also the University of Washington ordered
> > > the book on 7-28-05, so it is not likely on their shelf yet. Want me to
> > > request it interlibrary loan?
> >
> > GoHastings.com lists the book under the category "social evolution"
> > and further says this under "synopsis":
> >
> > "In a discussion on the lack of coherent evolutionary explanation
> > of bipedalism the author proposes a possible semi-aquatic
> > environment for our ancestors as an alternative to the widely
> > held '"savannah hypothesis." He gives further consideration to
> > the evolutionary instruments used in creating bipedalism, as well
> > as the modern human skull and face and the special human traits
> > of curiosity and creativity.
> > The author accesses research by the world's leading scholars
> > of early hominid evolution and primate behavior to create a
> > landmark exploration of human origins."
> >
> > Also by Graslund: The Birth of Prehistoric Chronology: Dating
> > Methods and Dating Systems in Nineteenth-Century Scandinavian
> > Archaeology.
> > ISBN: 0521322499
> >
> >
> > Early Humans and Their World
> > ISBN: 0415353440
> >
> > Bo Gräslund, Uppsala University: bo.graslund@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > I'll never understand this rush on the part of some folks
> > to say ridiculous things in public. Is he convinced by the
> > "evidence"? Where is this evidence? If it's the same
> > thing we've seen in this NG, it strikes me as singularly
> > *underwhelming* and certainly not grounds for coming
> > out in print and allying yourself with Elaine Morgan, Algis,
> > and Marco. I wonder if maybe a few links to Wet Ape
> > websites would set this fella straight....
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> "world"s leading scholars ----landmark exploration of human origins"
>
> Now I'm hooked, I've got to find out what the book's bibliography looks
> like.

Ed Conrad and Ted Holden.

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> You did notice they didn't claim he was one of those "worlds leading
> scholars". They just claimed that he'd...examined and re-evaluated some of
> their work.
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> deowll
> the program is doing something flaky.
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> >
> > >> --Marc
> > --
> > "I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one:
> > 'O, Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it."
> > --Voltaire
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