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From: dsf@allegra.UUCP (David Fox)
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Subject: Re: An acquatic phase in human evolution?
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Date: Fri, 27-Apr-84 16:54:12 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 27 16:54:12 1984
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R. Buckminster Fuller proposed this theory in his book "Critical
Path," which was published around 1981.  He argues that the
assumption that the fossils we find in East(?) Africa represent
earliest man is unfounded, since there might have been earlier
humans whose remains have not been preserved by the fortuitous (sp?)
geological circumstances which exist(ed) in Africa.  I can't
completely recall his arguments,  but I do remember that he
claims that humanity originated in the islands off southeast Asia.
He mentions the antiquity of the shipbuilding industry, the
sealevel during the interglacial period, migration patterns
based on prevailing winds, raw materials, population densities, 
etc. etc.  I found it very interesting.  I also found it 
convincing, but I'm fairly credulous in matters I know little
about.  I'd be interested in hearing other people's reactions,
but unfortunately I'm going "off-line" for an unknown period
of time.
			Goodbye, Netland
			David Fox  	nowhere!nobody