Re: oral tradition

GRMorton@aol.com
Mon, 16 Oct 1995 19:29:06 -0400

Jim Foley wrote;
>>The 5.5 million year old fossil is probably the Lothagam mandible, ER
300 and something. The FAQ doesn't list every fossil. This one is left
out because it is of very poor quality. It may not even be able to be
firmly identified as a hominid, rather than a hominoid (ape). It's
certainly not identifiable on a species basis.<<

Thanks for the clarification. Some authors I have read do include it in the
Australopithecus but then they might have been carried away.

glenn