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