Re: Savanna nonsense

Algis Kuliukas wrote:
>
> rmacfarl wrote:
> > Pauline M Ross wrote:
>
> > > And while Hawks makes
> > > a very good point about the lack of parsimony in requiring terrestrial
> > > explanations to maintain aquatic adaptations (I believe first made by
> > > John Langdon), this is based on a number of assumptions, any one of
> > > which could be wrong, and AAH is also *more* parsimonious than the
> > > terrestrial equivalent in addressing multiple features with a single
> > > common explanation.
> >
> > No! It expleting well is *not* more parsimonious. Blaspheme, how often
> > do we have to demonstrate this to you?
>
> Oh yes it is!!
>
> Look...
>
> Human trait AAH idea Orthodox ideas
> --------------- -------- --------------
> Bipedalism Wading through water Carrying, efficiency,
> Threat displays, throwing,
> Sweat cooling etc.
> Nakedness Less drag when Sexual selection,
> swimming Sweat Cooling,
> Parasite detection.
> Fat Increased buoyancy Increased Brain size,
> and thermoreg in Irregular diet,
> water Sexual Selection.
>
> I could continue for other traits and we'd get the same pattern: AAH
> explains them by greater movement through water, the orthodox ideas in
> a wide diversity in contradictory ways. Therefore, the AAH is *more*
> parsimonious, not less.

And the whole thing is undercut by the observed fact that we hominids are
LAND creatures. When you look at the few monkeys that actually DO show
aquatic adaptions - like Allen's swamp monkey - there are NONE of the
"aah ideas" manifested. None.

It's laughable that you still rely on fat for buoyancy and thermoregulation;
our fat distribution does not support that...

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