“If the date were confirmed this would refute, not the general idea that early people in Australia eliminated the giant fauna, but the idea that they did it very quickly, within say 5000 years of them arriving.”
Colin Groves of the Australian National University on the jawbone, found west of Sydney, of a giant wombat that lived between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago (Sydney Morning Herald, 27 July)
“Although I knew that having sex has consequences for reputation, it surprised me that people, notably men, would be motivated to have sex solely for social status and reputation enhancement.”…
