DNA & Stonehnge builders
11-Feb-95 12:58:09
Sb: #167209-DNA & Stonehnge builders
Fm: Greg Laden 72763,365
To: Rick McQuay 72614,313
Rick
My feeling at this time is that those who still maintain bone-based
phylogenies in the face of molecular data are not numerous and are clearly not
in a position to gain much respect from the rest of the field. On the other
hand, it is also becomming clear that the dna evidence has the same problems
that modern mophological evidence has, in many ways! And, as yet, we can't
look at hominid radiations with DNA…
My own field is human evolution, esp. the evolution of human foraging ecology.
Cheers,
GTL
Greg Laden
Dept. of Anthropology
Harvard University
Cambridge MA 02138