Re: Savanna nonsense

Marc Verhaegen wrote:
> "Lee Olsen" <paleocity@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1126959076.376164.225910@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > > > Then be relevant, true semi-aquatics do not wear goggles,
>
> > > Yes, our semi-aquatic ancestors did not wear them.
>
> > Then why should we need them today if we adapted to water in the past?
>
> Why not IYO?? care to explain??

Animals that rely on aquatics have adaptations for them, we do not.



> Please inform: I'm not claiming we are aquatic!!


Swimming and diving are aquatic adaptations by definition.


>
> > The simplest explanation is that we never had diving in our past.
>
> No: then you can't explain our poor olfaction, small dentition, full
> plantigrady etc.etc.
>

Don't be silly, one doesn't need good olfaction to hunt on the savanna.




> > > > sc fat had nothing to do with Homo diving,
>
> > > 1) Then why can't you give a better explanation??
>
> > Why should I when you haven't?
>
> You have NOTHING.
> We have fur loss, SC fat, aligned body build etc.etc.

So do hippos, but we aren't hippos.



>
> Again: you are completely unable to give 1 sensible explanation for our
> moderate diving skills.


Oh, you admit that we only have "moderate diving skills"? We have the
best running skills, since we can outrun any animal in the long run.

Donald Mitchell (cited in Quarry by Noel Boas):
"He showed that even the slowest human runners could, with even a
slight head start, outrun lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, and wild
dogs, not by speed, but by out distancing them."

This proves we are savanna adapted, no diving required in our ancestry.




>
>
> > > 2) Why are you incapable of giving an argument against: all furless
> mammals with a lot of SC fat spend a lot of time in water??
>
> > Because hippos don't sweat. Why can't you refute that? Think you can out
> swim a hippo?
>
> ??
> Please no nonsense:
> Hippos sweat.

Cite your source.


> Why on earth should we outswim hippos??

We shouldn't. Early Homo stayed on dry ground.



>
>
> > > > so we never had a diving lifestyle in our past
>
> > > Then why can we dive for a few minutes?? My boy, you have to do
> better... :-D
>
> > Your saying things are true does't make them true. Just like Su said, you
> are using post hoc accommodative arguments.
>
> Don't be ridiculous: can we dive or not?



We run better than we dive, this proves more time on savanna than in
the water.
Donald Mitchell (cited in Quarry by Noel Boas):
"He showed that even the slowest human runners could, with even a
slight head start, outrun lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, and wild
dogs, not by speed, but by out distancing them."

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