On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 16:02:14 EST "S.B. Feldman, MD" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > > The conclusion by Holdaway and Jacomb is considered controversial > among experts because of its speed and because some doubt that hunting > alone is ever sufficient to wipe out whole species. > > ``There are extinctions that have followed hard on the heels of > human arrivals, but as to it being caused by hunting alone, that doesn't > seem plausible,'' said Ross D.E. MacPhee, a zoologist at the American > Museum of Natural History. ``There must have been cofactors, such as > disease.'' > Ardeith writes: Seems I recall a bird called the Passenger Pidgeon that had co-existed with the Native American tribes for centuries......but did not long survive the arrival of Europeans on these shores......... And wasn't there something called the Carolina Parakeet? [log in to unmask] Walk The Path With Practical Feet! ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.