On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 07:49:50 +1100, Richard Archer <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>At 7:19 -0500 3/1/01, Amadeus Schmidt wrote:
>
>>I note that even in ice ages the landscape we probably did evolve in
>>(africa) was ice-free and very dry.
>
>Why do you think the climate in Africa has always been as it is now?
>

It wasn't, it was much dryer in the glacials.
More like today in the thermals.

See the link on my http://www.geocities.com/paleolix
one of the first ..."Global land environments...
Then click on africa to see like africa was.

Cheers,
Amadeus