[varmintman]

The idea that suddenly, twenty to sixty thousand years ago, man suddenly discovered speech, painting on cave walls and jewelry and became modern has always left me cold.

It should leave you cold, it's a bunch of BS. Cro Magnon man arrived on this planet fully capable of everything he ever did from day one, that says you're looking at some sort of a saltation and not evolution.

One version of a saltation theory which has turned up recently

[Little Bill]

He got booted from FR years ago, unless you are him.

[Notforprophet]

Wow, that is some some first rate crazy at the link. :)

NFP