06May03 This is a fairly hot message I put on the ABC Forum ABC Science forum
under the pseudonym "kleinbottle"
..Got a reply from DC himself within a couple of hours (see the url for his temperate response)
- he says there are lots of gene-clocks, and most of them say "Old"
- I prefer mitochondria & Y chromosomal clocks because they dont have cross-over. They say "Recent"
I will consult my references (popular books I'm afraid) and reply soon..
I am so heated on this topic because I think it goes to Mechanism - how evolution might work.

My post:
The MultiRegionalists (MR) are attempting to co-opt the arguments against them. Darren Curnoe on 3May03 says we should look at the molecular evidence. If we did we would conclude that the Out of Africa OOA explanation is supported. DC also says we should Not consider human evolution as a special case. Special case is precisely what MR claims... Somehow they believe humans evolved all over the globe, as if some pre-ordained "force" produced humans inevitably. DR says he cant believe that Neanderthals and Sapiens didnt interbreed. Well thats his inability, not supported by the molecules.
MR says that all hominids in the last 2 million years are the same species. This is not the way we look at non-hominids... special case again. I thought I heard DC say that OOA was a theory whose time had passed. In fact each of the many molecular studies since 1991 points more strongly towards a recent non-replacement human origin.

I dont claim that MR supporters hold these views, but MR does have the whiff of anti-evolution, as if they are uncomfortable with hominids who are non human. Claiming that chimps are in Homo is fairly non-contentious, but seems like a smoke-screen for the other claim that all hominids in the last 2 million years are one species.
I certainly dont claim that ANU & UNSW people have racist views, but MR does suggest that there are deep ancient divisions between races, which modern molecular science just doesnt find.
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