Re: fur loss (Re: Scientists Find Prehistoric Dwarf Skeleton

From: J Moore (anthrosciguy_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/02/04 

Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 19:03:00 GMT

Marc Verhaegen <fa204466@skynet.be> wrote in message
news:4187b1dc$0$15731$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be...
> "deowll" <deowll@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:Y8Bhd.8433$T_.3433@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
>
> > To be honest I think if we had gone in the water we might still have
fur.
> Most medium to small water living mammals have fur.
>
> Yes.
> - In tropical regions, semi-aquatic mammals of human/babirusa size seem to
> lose their fur (possibly only if they swim in salt water, as Mario
noticed).
> - In colder regions, only the very large (larger than c 1000 kg?)
> semi-aquatic mammals lose their fur: male walruses & sea-elephants.
>
> --Marc
>
>
Sorry Marc, but these things are not true. It's a sad (for AAT/H
proponents) fact that the vast majority of aquatic and semi-aquatic mammals
are not sparsely haired, and that with the exception of the babirusa those
that are are whales and sirenia. 

--
JMoore
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For a scientific critique of the aquatic ape theory, go to
www.aquaticape.org

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