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To: Master (Hijacked) who wrote (7451)	6/12/2000 8:34:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

We teach all SORTS of theories in school- as long as it's taught as a theory and the science is shown (after all evolution has been demonstrated- just not the gigantic leaps) it's fine. There is no science for religion- it's a matter of belief, that's why we don't teach it anymore in public school. There is No way to pick one belief over another, by REASON. So we leave it alone.

To: Master (Hijacked) who wrote (7451)	6/12/2000 11:54:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

MAster, I recently read a fascinating book - The Wisdom of Bones by Alan Walker, about the discovery of the Nariokotome Boy in Kenya, the possible Missing Link. It is a wonderful discourse on Homo Erectus, all the latest theories, the history of man, and the work of the paleoanthropologist, written lucidly and enthusiastically... Whatever your beliefs, it contains a great deal to mull over and I highly recommend it. ``I am striving to see the human animal in the right perspective.'' (walker)

To: Master (Hijacked) who wrote (7451)	6/13/2000 9:14:00 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

what were apes before they were apes? That topic was covered last night on the discovery channel. They mixed in a lot of new details gleaned from DNA studies as well as fossil studies. The answer is that before apes were apes they were very much like chimpanzees. The chimpanzee DNA is very diverse and that race has likely existed nearly unchanged for the past 5 million years. At that time the first ape, Australapithecine, branched off as a more or less upright standing variety which inhabited the expanding grasslands instead of the forest. In the next 5 million years a rapidly fluxuating series of ice ages led to periods of isolation followd by plenty which emphasised evolutionary change. TP