Re: skinny runners

Marc Verhaegen wrote:
> "Rich Travsky" <" traRvEsky"@hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
> news:431BD5A7.5AD5CA26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Marc Verhaegen wrote:
> > >
> > > "Lee Olsen" <paleocity@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:1125283954.105712.195690@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > >I see, in spite of no physical evidence for a littoral specialization
> that
> > > AAT demands
> > >
> > > ??
> > > no physical evidence??
> >
> > Where are all the shell and fish bone middens?
>
> As you should know (but of course don't), fish bones almost don't conserve.

Fish s**t "almost don't conserve" either, how much you been eating
lately?


> As you should know (idem), shell middens are no sign of spending a lot of
> time in water, but of being ex-aquatic.


We spend a lot of time breathing oxygen like birds, but it doesn't mean
we had an avian past.


Why do you believe that a littoral
> ancestor of ours should have left shell middens??


Since there is no early evidence of Homo eating shellfish, I wouldn't
expect there to be shell middens either.

> Okidoki?

Okidoki?


>
> > > - large brain: not seen in savanna mammals

Wrong, Homo savanna animal with large brain.


> > > - poor olfaction: for savanna IYO??

We hunt like cats who rely on sight, not like jackals who rely on
smell, so why would one expect Homo to have good smell?

> > > - ext.nose: idem??

So?


> > > - slow running

http://tinyurl.com/dcxyw

> > > - heavy sweating
> > > - plantigrady
> > > - long femoral necks
> > > - no fur
> > > - SC fat

> > > - high sodium & water needs
> > > - high iodine needs
> > > - etc.etc.etc.
> > > Please inform a bit on biology, Lee.

http://tinyurl.com/dcxyw

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: skinny runners
    ... in spite of no physical evidence for a littoral specialization ... > Where are all the shell and fish bone middens? ... ancestor of ours should have left shell middens?? ...
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  • Re: skinny runners
    ... >>> Where are all the shell and fish bone middens? ... >> As you should know, shell middens are no sign of spending a lot ... Homo savanna animal with large brain. ...
    (sci.anthropology.paleo)
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