"Balzer, Ben" wrote:
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> Tom,
> what is the name of Diamond's other book? I have often wondered if the great
> Flood (which clearly did occur) wiped out more megafauna than humans. Also
> related to this is the huge rise in sea level at the end of the last Ice Age
> which has effectively wiped out all coastal human archeological sites,
> leaving us with a few crumbs to play with.
> Ben
Don't recall, saw it a few moths ago in a bookstore and
leafed through it is all. Should show up on Amazon.
I guess you are right about us not being able to find the
best archeological sites. Humans tend to concentrate on the
coasts, and all that is a hundred yards under water now. The
stuff we see is probably what the rustic country folk of
paleo times produced. The big population centers are all
under water. I am really looking forward to seeing what
underwater archeology turns up. The best cave art is long
gone though. Sad.