Re: The Role of Water in Human Evolution

From: Jason Eshleman (jae_at_vidi.ucdavis.edu)
Date: 12/30/04


Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:55:03 +0000 (UTC)

In article <1104449954.230120.134920@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
Algis Kuliukas <algis@RiverApes.com> wrote:

[snip]

>How is this flawed: Humans swim better than chimpanzees, therefore
>natural selection must have favoured swimming in our ancestors more
>than it did in the ancestors of the chimpanzees.

The "therefore" part is flawed.



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