"-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- How are we to know that there has not been a few hundred , there are none in my neighborhood , how aboput yours ? ? ?"
"There are precious few areas on the planet that have not been explored . Those that have n't would not support the kinds of life we are talking about . There is no evidence of any interim species of apes and humans . Not one shred . Those items in the fossil record that are claimed as possibles are only possibles , are dubious at best , and are extremely rare . A recent study also showed that most characteristics of supposed alternate species of hominids were well within the variation seen in current homo sapiens . The point I was making is that if they existed we would see them ."
"How are we to know that there has not been a few hundred , there are none in my neighborhood , how aboput yours ?"
"The point I was making is that if they existed we would see them ."