Wayne wrote:
"Somewhere, back in the mists of time, is a single male and female couple - probably great apes, but maybe even before the great apes - from which we are all descended."
No. There is no species that is descended from just one couple. Some may have gone through a population bottleneck but any species reduced to just a single female is almost certainly doomed to extinction. In fact the NZ black robin was rescued from just one female and four males but it took careful manipulation of the breeding to enable them to survive. There are also rumours of rabbit populations descending from a single pregnant female but I have my doubts.
The Hyksos didn't revolt. They had control of Lower Egypt for more than a hundred years. If anything it was the Upper Egyptians who revolted. They had the Hyksos penned up in their capital but agreed to let them retreat in orderly fashion. Then chased them. Sounds like treaties between the Native Americans and the US government.
Last edited by terrytnewzealand; 03/23/07 04:42 AM.
