Finally conceding on a mild form of the AAH
- From: "Algis Kuliukas" <algis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 3 Nov 2005 16:13:57 -0800
spiznet wrote:
> Algis Kuliukas wrote:
> > Paul Crowley wrote:
>
> > > > The 'crazy' idea, I remind, is merely this: that our ancestors might
> > > > have moved through water (waded, swam and dived) more than the
> > > > ancestors of the chimpanzees since the LCA and that some selection
> > > > resulted from it. Crazy, isn't it? What a crackpot idea!!
> > >
> > > I doubt if anyone disputes any part
> > > of that 'idea'. I certainly don't.
> >
> > Do you doubt it? Really? I honestly think the majority here *do*
> > dispute it - all of it.
> >
> > If they don't dispute it, why don't they have the honesty you have and
> > just say so?
> >
> > > So, PLEASE declare victory.
> > >
> > > And then shut up.
> >
> > If Jason, Su et al conceded that, yes, our lineage might well be
> > adapted to moving through water more than our ape cousins then I would
> > be extremely happy to shut up about it.
>
> Come on guys, give us all a break:
>
> < > Jason
>
> < > Su
>
> < > Jois
>
> < > RMacF
>
> < /> Paul
>
> < /> Spiznet
>
> OK, here is Algis, swearing on a stack of water-logged copies of
> Descent of Woman that he will "shut up" about his take on the aquatic
> aper religion if we merely confess that humans are a "little more
> adapted to water movement" than chimpies!!!
>
> How can we resist!! No more endless whining!! sneer sneer
So can I take that as a concession from you Spiznet?
Here's the question again:
Q: Do you concede that the idea that moving (wading, swimming, diving)
through water has acted as an agency of selection in the human lineage
more than the lineage of chimpanzees since the LCA is a plausible one?
A: Yes or no.
If I get a 'Yes' from all the guys you listed, I'll be *EXTREMELY
HAPPY* to shut up about it!
Now, is it a deal?
Algis Kuliukas
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