Re: Agreements on Archaeology and raft building

I wrote

> Alan Wood's reconstruction of the Naritome (sic) boy, and his work on
> erectus suggests an essentially modern appearance to the throat and
> larynx region which also suggests some of the conclusions based upon
> Neanderthal reconstructions were in error. Of course, having the
> correct vocal apparatus does not mean that it was used for vocal
> language. At the same time it also does not mean that it was not used
> either. The case has not yet been closed.

Oops... It was Alan Walker, not Alan Wood, and it was the Nariokotome
Boy. And Walker himself was convinced he was speachless. Less a human
trapped in an Ape's Body than an Ape in a Human's Body. Still given
the 4 fold expansion of the human brain between 2,1 million and 100,000
years ago, some mechanism needs to be found. And I suspect it was the
evolution of language.

Regards

John