I must say, though, that even though this survey was written in August of 1997, a brief review of similar sites on the web recently showed me nothing that is as comprehensive, concise, complete and well documented as this. Most information available on the web is outdated, much is innacurate, vague and/or ambiguous. Some pages appear unwilling to adopt or even suggest a position on any issue even remotely controversial. This writer has put forth those theories which he feels are substantially documented, offering alternative viewpoints when warranted. This researcher is both a Lumper and a Splitter.
Please give appropriate credit when citing this document and/or its sources. Comments are appreciated, especially new information. Challenges to the positions advocated are welcome, and are best recieved with an authoritative source included, so that I may follow up. An updated version is in progress.
The citation links are now working. Thank you to all who made suggestions.
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2004 Note: I took a few years off to tour with a band, fall in love a
couple times, move twice and put some shelves in my garage, also acquired since
posting this website way back in 1998. I have also since discovered a marvelous book entitled, From Lucy To Language, by Donald Johanson. Had I found this book in 1997, I would not have done the research I did, let alone made this site. Many of the changes, corrections and new information in the next version of this site will be based on that book. New tangents will be based on things not covered by it. I reccommend this book, and its pre-cursor, Lucy, to anyone who wants to learn about the Hominid family tree.
ACCURACY NOTE: This treatise has not been updated since 1998, and probably contained some errors even then. Nothing glaring, I hope, although do get some modern advice about the Ergaster-Erectus splitting, and their assumed attributes and place in our geneaology.
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