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



Marc Verhaegen wrote:
Why else are humans capable of breath-holding
> several minutes & diving tens of metres deep? Do you see chimps doing
> that?
> Why can we do this, and chimps can't IYO?

But, Marc, do we *know* that chimps
can't? We know that they don't. I don't
know how it is in Dutch but in English
the distinction between "can't" and "don't"
is a major one. Both chimps and humans
are exceedingly well known mammals as
regards physiology and anatomy. If there
is a phys/anat reason why a chimp could
not dive in the same manner and degree as
a human what is it? You go on forever about
comparative anatomy but never get
around to actually doing any. Here's your
chance to break new ground. Why can't a
chimp dive? Answer this and you are on the
way to establishing some feature in the phys/anat
of humans that requires explanation beyond
an, at this point, entirely sufficient reference
to human cultural behaviour. You up to it?

Rick Wagler


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