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From: zgel05@apctrc.UUCP (George E. Lehmann)
Newsgroups: sci.misc,sci.bio,soc.women
Subject: Re: Univerrsal Common Female Ancestor
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Date: Mon, 12-Oct-87 09:54:17 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 12 09:54:17 1987
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In article <894@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> elturner@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Edwin L Turner) writes:
>remains true that the result suggests that our species has had at least one
>rather close brush with extinction, direct or statistical.

Rather than a close brush with extinction, this suggests to me support for
either evolutionary or creationist beginnings (whichever you subscribe to).

Consider that there must be a beginning to the line for both scenarios, and
the 'single-ancestor' seems to be a requirement.

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