ACKNOWLEDGMENTS锝涘皬锝濓經璇达綕锝泃锝濓經xt锝濓經澶╋綕锝涘爞as i sit here, in early 2003, i have before me several pages of manuscript bearing majesticallyencouraging and tactful notes from ian tattersal of the american museum of natural historypointing out, inter alia, that perigueux is not a wineproducing region, that it is inventive but atouch unorthodox of me to italicize taxonomic divisions above the level of genus and species,that i have persistently misspelled olorgesaille, a place that i recently visited, and so on insimilar vein through two chapters of text covering his area of expertise, early humans.goodness knows how many other inky embarrassments may lurk in these pages yet, but itis thanks to dr. tattersall and all of those whom i am about to mention that there arent manyhun
