Re: NAMAL (Part Two)

["Cliff Green" <dinonaut@emerytelcom.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Gay" <rob_redwing@hotmail.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 3:47 AM
Subject: NAMAL (Part Two)


> Another interesting point, is the final exhibit is a group of ancient men
> attacking a Columbian mammoth. Perhaps it is a sign of the predominant
> culture here in Utah, but there is no discussion of human evolution at all
> in this display.

Dear Rob and List,

    I am pretty sure your comments weren't meant to be intentionally
prejudicial, so please take my little rebuttle as a friendly heads up. I
don't know, and could care less why NAMAL didn't have a more extensive
prehistoric Man exibit.  By predominant culture you mean "Mormon", right?
    I am not from Utah originally, but my wife and her family are. If this
"Predominant culture" were anti-evolution, do you really think BYU would
have a earth history department and dinosaur museum? They are now ellegedly
looking for a new Vertebrate paleontologist in the next few years.
    One of the many things I love about Utah is it's cutting edge dinosaur
science. Some of the most important dino dig sites in the world are less
than 30 miles from my home. My adopted state is over 90 percent LDS. If they
were all a bunch of backwards yahoos, using fossils as doorstops, You, I ,
and a large percentage of the earths natural history museums wouldn't be
enjoying the fruits of their labors.

Cliff Green