Re: Evidence is King


"Claudius Denk" <cladiusdenk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The only thing a chimp can do successfully with a rock or stick is
collective threat displays. Observation of chimpanzees proves this.

The most common mistake of those who dabble in theorizing about the
transition from apes to hominids is to pretend to ignore this evidence.
It
doesn't work this way. You can't just ignore observational data just
because it doesn't fit with your preconcieved notion.

If one is to theorize the ape to hominid transition involving the throwing
of stones and wielding of sticks sticks then they really only have one
option with respect to the associated behavior: collective threat
displays.
The evidence dictates this assumption. And evidence is king.

Seen those photograph of chimps eating ants off sticks?

Jois


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