Re: Hominids Of 3mya Had Spines Like Us, Walked Like Us

"Jim McGinn" <jimmcginn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > <snip>
> > > > Even with an upright stance, Lucy and her kind may
> > > > have spent much time in trees.
> >
> > If they slept in trees then they would have
> > had a lifestyle identical to chimps. IOW
> > they would have been chimps.
>
> Why do you believe this to be true?

Form follows function. (Heard this before?)
Under standard PA (and your 'thinking')
australopiths are living an identical life-
style to chimps. (You won't be able to
specify one difference.) Therefore, they
will have the same morphology.

> You haven't
> provided any support for this statement (a usual).

a) What kind of evidence would count
for you in this instance?
b) What evidence do you need to show
that form does not usually follow function?
c) What evidence do you have that form
did not follow function in this case?


Paul.


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