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I seem to remember you castigating me some time ago for 'assumptions' RS, science, you said, was about facts, evidence etc.
I try to run a level playing field.

Roy.

Digit wrote:I seem to remember you castigating me some time ago for 'assumptions' RS, science, you said, was about facts, evidence etc.
I try to run a level playing field.

Only when it suits you, it seems. Because you ignore 'facts' and 'evidence' like Charlie's thousands of handaxes, Valsequillo, Topper, etc. etc.

Rubbish! I have not ignored them! To use your argument the existance of HSN in Europe is a substantial argument for their existance in the Americas!
You have not offered a shred of evidence to support you view, does Charlie support your contention? I think not.

Roy.

Digit wrote:does Charlie support your contention? I think not.

Now there's an assumption...!

Prove me wrong then. Meantime I'll give you one to chew on, your assumption that Hyena crap demonstrates a hot climate. Wrong again!

Roy.

Digit wrote:Meantime I'll give you one to chew on, your assumption that Hyena crap demonstrates a hot climate. Wrong again!

Is it? Maybe it's me, but I associate hyenas with tropical climates. Unless you can show me different.

Certainly, since you ask. The species of Hyena is not mentioned, possibly not known, but the Spotted Hyena is an Asian species in its origins and apparently roamed the ice age tundra!

Roy.

Digit wrote:Certainly, since you ask. The species of Hyena is not mentioned, possibly not known, but the Spotted Hyena is an Asian species in its origins and apparently roamed the ice age tundra!

The question is: was that tundra in an ice age when that spotted Asian hyena roamed there, or was it tropical? After all we have a full precession cycle every 27,5 thousand years so I wouldn't be surprised to find that tundra was in its hot cycle when that hyena lived there.

Of course if it was a full ice age maybe the hyena was a cold-adapted version. Like the woolly mammoth and the woolly rhinoceros were cold-weather variants of their tropical kin.

According to my reading, cold.

Roy.