Re: Terra firma hominids

Thanks Lee, can you tell me where rhino cave was compared to the
nearest saltwater .4 ma, in altitude and walking distance? I couldn't
find specific data. The map is too general, and is of current locale,
not .4ma AFAICT. I think the area there .4ma was dry like today, (got
humid between 10-5ka).
When I bowhunted whitetail near a waterhole, I left the guts for the
coons, and brought the carcass home for processing. When I collected
oysters off rocks in Japan, I ate them while in the water, and left the
shells there. I've also eaten bull kelp on the beach, bringing no
evidence home with me. Same with coconuts, eat'em & leave'm. Do you
think He did things differently?
Abalones can make nice sharp tool blades, but I've read that obsidian
is even better, so if a quarry is nearby, probably it would be worth it
to venture inland to get stone for tool making. Maybe abalone doesn't
grow near Morocco, so they use flint and quartz?
DD

Lee Olsen wrote:
Marc Verhaegen wrote:


Lee thinks everything is savanna.

Good news for DD and Marc. A seashore-marine cave was discovered at
Casablanca and is an ideal test location for possible marine-resource
utilization by Pleistocene Homo.

Hard evidence for at least some of the nutritious-seafood remains
predicted by the aquatic-ape theorists should be found here. Kelp,
"Coconuts, shells, algae etc. explains unique Homo traits"
predicted by Marc et al.

Excavation results:
1) Giant baboons.
2) Gazelle.
3) Zebra.
4) Saber-tooth cat
5) Antelope, etc.
6) Homo
7) Flakes
8) Bifaces
9) Seafood = zero
http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayCollectionDetails&collection_no=34330

Excavation results for savanna (and savanna-like) sites:
1) Giant baboons.
2) Gazelle.
3) Zebra.
4) Saber-tooth cat
5) Antelope, etc.
6) Homo
7) Flakes
8) Bifaces

Leakey 1971, Isaac 1977.

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