why the dry apers fail so miserably

From: Marc Verhaegen (fa204466_at_skynet.be)
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:17:54 +0100

Dry apers want to explain human typical features as an exception: nakedness
to cool down while running, although no other mammal lost its fur for that
reason; SC fat for replacing a fur, although no other mammal did this; erect
posture to look over tall savanna grass; etc.etc. they create the most
far-fetched "explanations". But if they simply looked at human features as
they would do if these were present in non-human mammals, they would be no
problems: everything points into the same direction: humans were (& still
are) waterside. There are no arguments for anything else.

Marc Verhaegen

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