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From: heller@shell.UUCP (Don Heller)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: Re: catastrophic evolution - reply to Bill Jefferys
Message-ID: <127@shell.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 11:15:19 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  7 11:15:19 1985
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Organization: CS Dept., Shell Development Co., Houston
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> >It  is  well  established  that the first people in the
> >Western hemisphere were responsible  for the extinction
> >of  most  of  the  large  mammals  in  North  and South
> >America.  They had nothing but stone weapons, but their
> >methods were extremely effective.
> 
>      I love this one!  The creatures Mr. Jefferys has in
>      mind include several which I wouldn't  want to face
>      with anything  less than  a 50 caliber machine gun.

Killing a mastodon is actually pretty easy.  Get about 20 people and
throw rocks at it.  Eventually you can force it over the edge of a cliff.

Now if this could only work on , we'd all
be a lot better off.


-- 
Don Heller
Computer Science Dept.
Shell Development Company
P.O. Box 481
Houston, Texas 77001

713-663-2341
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