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To: VadeRetro
Complicating the picture is the fact that, in at least one area of Southeast Asia, a few Homo erectus remained until around at least 60,000 years ago.

I would consider that observation as militating against the reasonableness of the other conclusions. Unless there is other indication of the H. erectus age apart from the dating of ox teeth, I seriously doubt the time being mentioned. Thus, any other conclusions being made I presume are made on similar data.

Clarification to preclude a fugue of postings

  1. All fossil hominids mentioned I do not doubt.
  2. Anatomical similarities are not disputed.
  3. Any conclusions drawn from one observation involving questionable circumstances I reject as too speculative.
  4. Pardon me for butting-in but I forsee the H. erectus tidbit becoming folklore.

1,371 posted on 03/03/2002 11:34:42 AM PST by AndrewC
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To: AndrewC
For the record I don't think it's that big of a deal if a population of erectus survived in Java to some anomalously late date or not. There may be some reason to question the dating but there's nothing on-the-face-of-it impossible in the story.
1,372 posted on 03/03/2002 11:45:28 AM PST by VadeRetro
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