I was wondering if anyone would notice. Amazingly enough, Homo sapiens was
not described by Linnaeus. Apparently, Robert Bakker (of Dinosaur fame) was
searching for Linnaeus' original decription when he discovered no such
description existed. He wanted the description so that he coul nominate the
bones of Edward Drinker Cope as the human type specimen. So Bakker published
an original description and submitted Cope's skull as the type specimen. I
have searched for thge original citation, but can't find it as of yet. Just
goes to show you how new species might be right under our noses...
 
 
At 08:32 AM 2/24/99 -0600, you wrote:
>All right, Aaron, I'll bite. "Homo sapiens Bakker 1993"?
>
>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>Geological Survey of Alabama
>Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
>Member of the North Alabama Shell Club, COA, the society formerly known as
AMU, and one or two paleontological societies
>
Aaron Baldwin
Juneau, Alaska
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