[blam]

"The problem is that erectus would have had to be able to navigate at least 50 miles in the open ocean for them to get there, and I don't think our scientists are willing to accept that yet."

I have always read that myself. However, last week I saw a map of the region, during the ice age, that showed a connection between New Guennea(sp) and Australia. (The first one like that I'd ever seen, I'll see if I can locate it again)

[Ahban]

Suppose humans and Neadertals produced offspring on occasion, but not FERTILE offspring. THis would be much like the situation of Mules today. It would explain an occasional hybrid skeleton as well as the lack of Neadertal DNA in extant genes.

By-the-way, a "Big Bang" in art is supportive of ID and undermines gradualistic human evolution. It is not the "final nail in the coffin", but it is one more bit of evidence that favors the ID side, eh?

[Ada Coddington]

I have always read that myself. However, last week I saw a map of the region, during the ice age, that showed a connection between New Guennea(sp) and Australia. (The first one like that I'd ever seen, I'll see if I can locate it again)If you find it again, see if you can find out which ice age.

[TKEman]

New Guinea, Australia and Tasmania have been repeatedly joined during the various ice ages in a continent I believe they call Saheul (spelling for sure wrong). I was surprised to learn that the water depth between these three areas is so shallow as to allow land connections during ice ages.