Re: fur loss & SC fat (Re: Homo & molluscs


Marc Verhaegen wrote:
> "Lee Olsen" <paleocity@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1126960646.886762.279180@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > A little extra fat is what gives Homo the ability to out run a horse in
> the desert.
>
> :-D

Good that you finally agree. Fat and 45 years old will do it every
time.
http://tinyurl.com/dcxyw

"Two indepandent lines of research converged on the conclusion that
early Homo was an efficient runner, the first human species to be so
(Leakey 1994:55)."

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