Re: Bipedalism in different substrates

From: Bob Keeter (rkeeter_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 07/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 01:45:10 GMT

"deowll" <deowll@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:5hGLc.5727$%S4.450@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
Snippage. . . . .

> > Oh, but I think that the idea of scraping wood, bone and horn might open
> > up some very large cans of Lumbricus terrestris.
> >
>
> Some might claim that the horn was incidental to feeding and limited but
> clear use of bone exists though feeding might be the main reason but wood
> raises all sorts of issues. Sturdy "made" clubs and long pointed sticks or
> staffs make our little friends a much bigger threat to those around them.
>

Yep. You can come up with all sorts of "incidental" reasons why those tool
makers might have been sawing on bone and horn. On the other hand, there is
absolutely no reason for those little fellows to be scraping away at wood
with
their stone tools UNLESS it was to make tools, and as you say, "made" or at
least improved clubs and sharpened sticks in the hands of a half dozen adult
apiths would have changed the odds at a lot of those darwinian poker tables!

Regards
bk

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