Re: A critique of the BBC aquatic ape programme and the transcript.

On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 17:08:10 +0100, "Paul Crowley"
<slkwuoiutiuytciuyik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> And energy efficiency applies regardless of the distance covered -
>> there's a greater benefit when applied to a larger distance, true, but
>> even a marginal benefit, repeated daily, is still a benefit, isn't it?
>
>'Energy efficiency' has nothing to do with
>anything.

Well, I'm agnostic on the subject of energy efficiency as a driver for
human bipedalism. The data is there, but it's limited and it's not
completely obvious that it would have been applicable at the start of
the process, so I'm reserving judgment for now.

--
Pauline Ross

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