On Sat, 31 Dec 2005, KJ wrote:
> The current story of human evolution suggests that human beings almost
> didn't make it -- the line that became homo sapiens was down to around
> 7000 individuals -- and that the 'secret' of pulling through was
> learning to be cooperative, to work together, and not cut-throat
> competition. The only other line that survived, it now appears, were
> the Flores hobbits; all the other lines just died out.
That's a great story, KJ. Do you know of a good cite that sums it up as sharply as you just did but with more footnotes?
Michael