Re: [Texascavers] Monkey skeleton found in underwater cave...
For one thing, they said that the ancestors of these monkeys moved in over 10 million years ago. There weren't any local Indians keeping pets at that time. For another thing, sea level has been much lower at various times allowing dry land crossing between what are now islands--not to mention plate tilting and other movement that would have affected the sea level and land elevations of the entire region. And yet another thing is that a lot of animals are carried down flooding rivers on logs and natural rafts and sent out to sea by currents and winds to either die on the ocean or to be washed up on shore--often on islands. And what makes anybody think this beast came from Africa? Did it have a tail? Old World monkey are tailless; New World monkeys have tails. Are they even related to each other? --Ediger On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 7:52 PM, David dlocklea...@gmail.com wrote: Did the monkeys float on pieces of wood from Miami or Cuba to to arrive at the island of the Hispanola, or did they float northward and island hop up the Lesser Antilles? I won't buy either of those theories. I can already here the Creationist say this is the missing link to prove life was created 6,000 years ago. It would be interesting to think that a monkey ( or koala bear like creature ) somehow floated from Africa across the Atlantic. But the odds of that seem low. My hunch is that the monkey was like a pet to the indians that original came to the islands and they brought it. David Locklear - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] Monkey skeleton found in underwater cave...
Tailless monkeys are called apes. On 22 July 2010 07:36, Gill Edigar gi...@att.net wrote: And what makes anybody think this beast came from Africa? Did it have a tail? Old World monkey are tailless; New World monkeys have tails. Are they even related to each other? --Ediger
Re: Re: [Texascavers] Monkey skeleton found in underwater cave...
Called? I could call Gill an ape, but he is not an ape. From wikipedia: Aside from humans (genus Homo), the macaques are the most widespread primate genus, ranging from Japan to Afghanistan and, in the case of the Barbary Macaque, to North Africa. Twenty-two macaque species are currently recognised, and they include some of the monkeys best known to non-zoologists, such as the Rhesus Macaque, Macaca mulatta, and the Barbary Macaque, M. sylvanus, a colony of which lives on the Rock of Gibraltar. Although several species lack tails, and their common names therefore refer to them as apes, these are true monkeys, with no greater relationship to the true apes than any other Old World monkeys.Jul 22, 2010 08:09:11 AM, trog...@cavechat.org wrote: Tailless monkeys are called "apes". On 22 July 2010 07:36, Gill Edigar gi...@att.net wrote: And what makes anybody think this beast camefrom Africa? Did it have a tail? Old World monkey are tailless; NewWorld monkeys have tails. Are they even related to each other?--Ediger - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] Monkey skeleton found in underwater cave...
Me. I want my tail back. I could use another point of contact. Josh Repeal Evolution. On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Bill Bentley ca...@caver.net wrote: Or some of my cousins! LOL - Original Message - *From:* Heather Tucek trog...@cavechat.org *To:* Gill Edigar gi...@att.net *Cc:* David dlocklea...@gmail.com ; texascavers@texascavers.com *Sent:* Thursday, July 22, 2010 7:09 AM *Subject:* Re: [Texascavers] Monkey skeleton found in underwater cave... Tailless monkeys are called apes. On 22 July 2010 07:36, Gill Edigar gi...@att.net wrote: And what makes anybody think this beast came from Africa? Did it have a tail? Old World monkey are tailless; New World monkeys have tails. Are they even related to each other? --Ediger
Re: [Texascavers] Monkey skeleton found in underwater cave...
Me. I want my tail back. I could use another point of contact. Maybe then Laddie, you could cast your lot in with the Caver Primates of the Caribbean, ARrrrggg...
Re: [Texascavers] Monkey skeleton found in underwater cave...
Did the monkeys float on pieces of wood from Miami or Cuba to to arrive at the island of the Hispanola, or did they float northward and island hop up the Lesser Antilles? I won't buy either of those theories. I can already here the Creationist say this is the missing link to prove life was created 6,000 years ago. It would be interesting to think that a monkey ( or koala bear like creature ) somehow floated from Africa across the Atlantic. But the odds of that seem low. My hunch is that the monkey was like a pet to the indians that original came to the islands and they brought it. David Locklear - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
