Words of Wisdom From the Undergrad Crew

As a student pointed out in a homework assignment:

'It wasn't as though modern humans woke up one morning reciting poetry and painting their own Mona Lisa's.'

Yes, change usually happens slowly......sometimes very very slowly.


Addendum: Oh, my students say the funniest things. Since there's a lot of contradictory evidence in paleoanthropology (or, to be more precise, little evidence and a multitude of conflicting interpretations) I tend to phrase homework assignments and quiz questions along the lines of 'Given the evidence surrounding XX issue, which argument do you find most compelling and why?' I get lots of creative answers from the undergrad crew, to say the least.