[OldGuard1]

> Or is this another "theory", like "evolution".

That's a good point - on what grounds can they claim this? Sometimes, I have some problems with these modern biology that tell us that evolution is fact, a fetus isn't a person, and dehydration is a good way to die. :P Perhaps it's wrong of me to lump them all together, but you keep seing this sort of assertion of completely speculative stuff as if they're absolute facts.

[canalabamian]

...but you keep seeing this sort of assertion of completely speculative stuff as if they're absolute facts.

Exactly. I remember growing up, when a lot of explanations included the phrase, "we think it happened like this...", or "we believe this happened". Now it is all absolute, undeniable fact.

I guess some us frogs in the pot realize that the temperature is slowly being turned up to boiling point. ;)

[canalabamian]

Welcome to FR, by the way.

[JustDoItAlways]

Here are a few links to the population bottleneck studies. Not proved of course but it would be difficult to prove this kind of thing. The best proof is still in our DNA.

http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1420924

http://www.andaman.org/book/app-r/ch5_bottleneck/textr5.htm

http://www.jqjacobs.net/anthro/paleo/bottleneck.html

http://www.human-evol.cam.ac.uk/Members/Students/jones.htm

http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/evolution/