I always get, "where's the missing link," and I assume that question to mean, "where's the mendelian genetic baggage carrying on into this generation." If that's what the question means... that according to mendelian genetics, there should be at least one anomolous popup of erectus in our genepool somewhere, asuming we came from erectus *prepares for a blow*. Anyway, that question vexed me too; however, in my archaeology class today my teacher put some skulls on the table. It ranged from a. africanus to habilis, then erectus, heidelbergensis, and then three more... the first of the three was a robust one, which he called cro-magnon, the second was clearly h. sapiens, then the last one everyone thought to be another erectus. However, he picked it up shaking his head to every attempt and finally said, "Modern aborigine. Just a few years ago. There's your genetic baggage." It exhibited, arguably, as many erectus traits as sapien traits. The take was either coexisting convergence, or sapien/erectus sex resulting in the earlier mentioned anomolous mendelian "popups" of genetic baggage. Evidentally, at least according to my teacher, you can find about as many gracile erectus looking aborigines today as sapiens in one population.
{Modified topic title from Living anscestors to Aborigines "Living Ansestors"? - Adminnemooseus}
This message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 11-06-2004 11:19 AM