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
