Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: GeronL
...but the eruption didn't effect chimps?

That would depend on where the populations resided and the relative numbers. If (for example) Toba were the culprit and a large portion of humans lived in Asia while a large portion of the chimps were in Afrika, the effect on humans could have been much greater. It's also possible that there were more chimps around then so killing 90% would still live the chimps with more individuals. There's no reason to expect similar effects on the different species.

64 posted on 01/29/2002 8:15:15 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies ]


To: Doctor Stochastic; Sabertooth
That would depend on where the populations resided and the relative numbers...,

Since the world at that period was in the throes of an ice age it can be assumed that few modern humans lived in Europe (unless we can equate Neanderthal as modern).

Asia would have been toast and Africa affected for scores of years due to massive climate upheavals.

It is possible that all that remained were residents of South Western Africa which repopulated Asia during the inter glacial periods ca 60,000ya.

Fits the "Out of Africa" theory.

90 posted on 01/29/2002 9:34:19 PM PST by Mike Darancette
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 64 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson