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

"Jim McGinn" <jimmcginn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > As usual, you miss the point of my
> > question to Mikey, as to why he quotes
> > the rules about large predators being
> > 'rare'. They can only live on prey species,
> > and when those hit low numbers (or go
> > extinct) then the predators can't survive.
> > But there are no species (and never were)
> > that preyed exclusively on hominids.
> > None ever had hominids as a significant
> > part of their diet. None ever depended
> > on them.
>
> And I'm saying the best evidence indicates otherwise.

Which species in the fossil record
are thought (or could be thought)
to have depended on hominids as
a significant part of their diet?


Paul.



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