Re: Tobias: our earliest ancestors were savannah dwellers


"Andrew Nowicki" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Marc Verhaegen wrote:
>
> > Only idiots believe that "effective runners"
> > develop heavier bones.
>
> Human skeleton weight makes up 14% of the total
> body weight. This means that our bones are too
> lightweight to have significant impact on the
> running speed.

It does not mean that. Point is: cursorials have lightly built bones.
H.erectus had the heaviest bones of all primates exctinct & living.


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