I don't have one handy, but someone needs to look in the "Catalog of the
Mammals of the World".  I believe the lectotype of Homo sapiens is in
Upsella, Sweden, but this needs to be confirmed from fore mentioned catalog.
 
Kurt
 
 
 
At 10:23 AM 2/24/99 -0700, you wrote:
>At one time Mister Bakker had Mister Cope's skull in a wooden box and
carried it
>around on field excursions.  I saw this on a video.  I think it really
happened,
>but maybe it was a prank.  Apparently however, Mister Cope donated his
skull (to
>the Smithsonian?) to be the type specimen for homo-sapiens.  This was in
an age
>when skulls were measured by caliper as an indication of intelligence.
This old
>"science" was called craniology I believe.  I guess Mister Cope believed
he had
>an outstanding personal example in himself!  There is an excellent book about
>the exploits of Misters Marsh and Cope and their eventual falling out with
each
>other, and subsequent shenanigans in an attempt to out-do each other in
whatever
>they were after.  If I can come up with the title of this book I'll pass
it on
>to whoever is interested in this kind of thing.
>
>Nora Bryan
>Calgary, Alberta (land of no shells but plenty of dinosaur bones)
>CANADA
>
>Aaron Baldwin wrote:
>
>> 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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