tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854041651395467752.post9003567224360323148..comments2024-03-27T06:19:03.673-04:00Comments on The Prancing Papio: Questioning The "Out-Of-Africa" ModelRaymond Vagellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201194971845020498noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854041651395467752.post-46144633775025506392009-05-19T16:50:21.387-04:002009-05-19T16:50:21.387-04:00Hoopskidoodle, I agree that there are some racists...Hoopskidoodle, I agree that there are some racists element by the proponents of multiregional theory. <br /><br />However, humanity and its ancestor did evolved in Africa. Whatever route they want to take, it is going to end with the fact that they did ultimately evolved from african hominids.Raymond Vagellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201194971845020498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854041651395467752.post-13649246763757243632009-05-19T13:23:00.000-04:002009-05-19T13:23:00.000-04:00I'm not a scientist, but I can't help noticing how...I'm not a scientist, but I can't help noticing how often the rhetoric of adherents to the multiregional theory has a thinly veiled racist subtext... particularly those who want to believe that Europeans are a distinct Neanderthal/ H.s. sapien hybrid.Hoopermazinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16949687410945253839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854041651395467752.post-63085968334278469062009-03-12T14:09:00.000-04:002009-03-12T14:09:00.000-04:00I'm also a strong Multiregionalist. Fundamentally,...I'm also a strong Multiregionalist. Fundamentally, I believe Homo encompasses just one species. And I view Homo habilis and Homo erectus as chronospecies that were selectively moving in the direction of Homo sapiens no matter where they existed. And I believe that gene flow has maintained Homo as-- just one species-- over the past 2.6 million years with no member of Homo being isolated long Marcel F. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245086958213100840noreply@blogger.com