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


Paul Crowley wrote:
> "Jim McGinn" <jimmcginn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1114581175.547012.40450@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > > 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?

You can answer this question yourself by doing a search in Google
Groups using my last name and the following words: predator, miocene

Jim

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