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From: petrich@netcom.com (Loren Petrich)
Subject: Re: Invention of Language (Halloran)
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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:49:39 GMT
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In article <seagoat.711.00DE2B06@primenet.com>,
John A. Halloran <seagoat@primenet.com> wrote:

>Unfortunately, most evolutionary anthropologists have become tired of
>discussing a phenomenon which they cannot explain.  Brachycephalization now
>only appears in a scattering of anthropology textbooks. ...

	Pure whining.

	And you have yet to present *any* evidence that narrow-headed
(dolichocephalic) people are significantly less skilled at language than
broad-headed (brachycephalic) ones. I personally haven't noticed any 
clear difference.

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