Re: Final Solution of the Aquatic Question



richardparker01@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> How many otters live in Africa?
>
> On what evidence do you say - ' the fact that otters
> have to range over hundreds of square miles to get enough
> shellfish to survive over an extended period of time' ?
>
> Whoever said that : "hominids, which are about four times as large
> and part of
> larger groups, were able to successfully compete--because
> of their bipedal adaptation--with otters and other
> shellfish eating species" ?
>
> Whoever said that : "hominids......were able to successfully
> compete--because
> of their bipedal adaptation
>
> --with lions, leopards, sabre-toothed cats, at least 3 species of
> hyaena, beside vultures

These animals don't compete with apes for food. Apes are primarily
frugivors. These animals are carnivors.

and scavenging insects
>
> - and other meat eating species" ?
>
> Don't bother answering that question

It was a typical dumbass question.

- you'd have to include almost
> every palaeoanthropologist who's said anything over the last century
> and a half.

So you think that since they said something stupid that this serves as
an invitation for you to say something stupider?

Jim

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  • Re: Final Solution of the Aquatic Question
    ... > Which of these apes were hominids? ... > What exactly did I say that was stupider? ... > predators for meat while saying that they couldn't compete with otters ... > square miles to get enough shellfish to survive over an extended period ...
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