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Re: Gondwana Split May Complicate Mammalian Evolution
In a message dated 1/22/02 11:11:35 PM, jodan99@uol.com.br writes:
<< I think it not necessarily complicate mammalian evolution, but make it
clearer. It seems a logical pattern. The problem is that science has allways
been very influenced by cultural concepts. Since most of paleontologists
came from Northern countries, mainly USA and Western Europe, these regions
was allways be considered as the center of evolution. Northern faunae are
ever been named as "advanced" and "superior", and Souther faunae as
"inferior" or "archaic". Modern discoveries are revealing a pattern that
will turn current points of view. >>
Anti-Gondwanan racism....yeah, sure...
eric l.