[imintrouble]

Thanks for not mocking my query. I can never understand why people don't blot up all available information offered by others who have taken the time to research or who are experts in their diverse fields of interest.

I remember a month-long discussion on another forum concerning genotypes and phenotypes. I sat reading every word, my mouth hanging open in awe. Even after the topic dwindled, the whole subject had opened so many new doors of thought, I still on occasion will transverse cyberspace to see what else I can read about our "beginnings".

So much has slipped through our common knowledge. Of course we can't possibly retain everything or we would go mad, but often someone will throw out a topic which just dares attention. As this one does.

The evolution/migration of the species of man is fascinating. And to think of those cultures, civilizations, completely lost to us of which we know so little. We have only scraped the surface.

[Ichneumon]

The evolution/migration of the species of man is fascinating. And to think of those cultures, civilizations, completely lost to us of which we know so little. We have only scraped the surface.

I think you'd really enjoy the book, "Guns, Germs, and Steel", by Jared Diamond. The author does a good job of piecing together the rise of human civilization and (early) technology, which started around 15,000 years ago. He makes a good case for why agriculture arose in some human societies but not others, why some peoples developed cities and armies before others, and so on.

It's a fascinating and illuminating book, and I guess I'm not the only one who thought so, since it won the Pulitzer prize.

[texasbluebell]

I know just what you mean. Not a day goes by that I don't learn something new, especiallly here on FR. It just amazes me.