Re: Human Hobbit find

From: Ookie Wonderslug (ookie_at_my-deja.com)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:27:27 GMT

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 05:05:51 GMT, Seppo Renfors <Renfors@not.com.au>
wrote:

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>Ookie Wonderslug wrote:
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>> What yall reckon?
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>That you are a racist low life!!!

How does that follow? Is it impossible to notice a difference in
physical characteristics anymore? Did you look at the pictures? How
can it be racist to notice that a certain group has physical
characteristics very similar to homo erectus? Are we supposed to
ignore evidence that is right in front of our faces for the sake
of......what, tolerance? Come on. There is something uniquely
different about Australian aborigines. They were isolated for
thousands of years. It is proven from fossil finds that h erectus and
h neanderthalis were in the area, Furthermore with this new hobbit
find it proves that these people lived in the area (at least some of
them) until very recently. It stands to reason that if any place is
to hold modern remnants of former species it is the area near and
around Australia. What is so racist about thinking that these very
different people are decendants of the last of the homo erectus? How
is the study of man going to benefit if we refuse to look at evidence
on the basis of some perceived racial sensitivities? Until genetic
comparison is made we will not know.

I personally think that what people call erectus, neanderthalis,
sapien, and floresiensis are different breeds of the same species. IE
us. That is, we are all the same, just look different. That is what I
think genetic studies will show when/if they are ever done. How is
that racist?

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