Re: Terra firma hominids


richardparker01@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Shark attacks are as much a WW II myth as ´Kilroy Was Here´

I live about 50 miles from the site of the biggest naval battle ever -
Leyte Gulf - supposed to have been in ´shark-infested´ seas. But so
far, I´ve never seen one. Nor have the umpteen surfers who came to my
island, hung their legs off their surfboards for hours on end, and
never even been nibbled.
Sharks are bright animals - they´ll go for blood or ´chum´, but they
have enough sense not to go for something dark, heavy and at the sea
surface, silhouetted against the light. See:
http://www.coconutstudio.com/Shoreline%20Ecotone.htm

Sharks that commonly eat seals and sea liions would be very dangerous
to swimming humans. However, the waters you are talking about don't
generally have that going on. There are also plenty of attacks on
humans by Bull Sharks, often in fresh water. There are, however, many
areas of the world where shark attacks are rare. Even where they are
supposed to be common, they would not be common enough to deter seaside
and in-water activity by hominids. Nowhere would be completely safe and
the sea would be safer than most places where hominids could make a
lliving, MUCH safer than the savannah.

I have often wondered at the hunting hypothesis and even moreso at the
scavenging hypothesis. Neither of these lifestyles look sustainable in
the usually-envisaged savannah environment.

Early hominids flourishing at the seashore seems an interesting theory
that surmounts these problems. It also explains my fondness for West
Haven Beach.


Lots of animals dive, or plunge, or just drop into the water to catch
something to eat. There is absolutely no reason to think that humans
couldn´t have done much the same, or even gone a bit further, and
dived a bit deeper.

Except that they wouldn't have had to. Seaside life could be very
rewarding, while becoming really aquatic wouldn't have much in the way
of gain compared to the effort. .


Will in New Haven

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