Talk:Spencer Wells

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[edit] Awards

Including National Merit Scholar under the awards is idiotic.

well it is an award

I agree that it's somewhat non-encyclopedic and non-notable information. Much of the information in this entry would be appropriate for a CV but doesn't necessarily belong in an encyclopedia article. Postdoc fellowships, etc., can probably be omitted.

65.213.77.129 (talk) 14:34, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Homo erectus

The species Homo erectus made the same journey (at least as far as Java) hundreds of thousands of years earlier. Does Wells address this in his book? It isn't mentioned in his film, nor whether we as a species are direct descendants of H. erectus. Were all H. erectus extinct by the time H. sapiens came out of Africa 50-60 thousand years ago? Badagnani 08:24, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Papua New Guinea

The History of Papua New Guinea article says that Homo sapiens got there 60 thousand years ago. But Wells says humans left Africa 50 thousand years ago. Both can't be right. Which is correct? Badagnani 02:01, 23 September 2007 (UTC)