> > The "American Indian" had no trouble getting food until > > forced to live on poor land! > And the american indian is similar to Austrlian aborigines how? The similarity seems to be: They both were discovered in their stone or copper age state by Europeans, a few of whom recorded their observations. (Having copper did not seem to do the Pacific Northwest Indians much good) >that even if > a species was hunted to extinction, This innocent statement merely ruffled a sore feather of mine. I think it is ridiculous that some claim stone age men exterminated the Mammoth. Regards, Lorenzo