Re: Noodling for crayfish (was re PAs on AAT)




Op 20-12-2007 04:03, in artikel
c3d379dc-67ac-433f-9815-4c7e48a8ed19@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Lee Olsen
<paleocity@xxxxxxxxxxx> schreef:

On Dec 19, 5:18 pm, Marc Verhaegen <m_verhae...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Don't be ridiculous: no savanna mammal has enlarged brains.

Except Homo.

Typical of just-so "explanations". Don't you see how ridiculous &
unscientific you are?

Lip-sevice relpy.

No: only idiots think that humans are exceptions different from all other
animals.

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