Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site shell.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!utmbvax!shell!heller 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 Article-I.D.: shell.127 Posted: Wed Aug 7 11:15:19 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Aug-85 22:22:44 EDT References: <365@imsvax.UUCP> Organization: CS Dept., Shell Development Co., Houston Lines: 26 > >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 {ihnp4, pur-ee, ut-sally}!shell!heller