I'm surprised it's not more commonly known in the common consciousness, popular consciousness. But I think you're right to think people are generally already aware of the amplifier lakes and what was specifically unique about the Great Rift Valley. Yeah, to me this really colors in a lot of the details because I think most people understand East Africa, that's where we evolved etc. The amplifier lakes to me is very interesting and hopefully it becomes more popular should it continue to be corroborated and so forth. Right yeah, I remember that in the book. It's such an interesting idea, I'm surprised it’s not more commonlyknown in the common conception of history. Well,
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