Re: A'pith Predatory Realities: not like those of extant chimps (Repost from 08/2003)


Paul Crowley wrote:
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In any case, first sort out Homo.

Nonsense. Apith came first.

If you can work out how they coped with
predators, such as lions and hyenas, in their
daily lives, you might have the beginnings
of a scenario for human evolution.

I've already got this worked out, as I've already explained.

Perhaps you let the rest of the world
know your results.

a) How Homo cope with nocturnal predators?

Well, Homo lived in communities, city-sized, town-sized, treed
localities with multiple families/subgroups. They maintained a
relatively permanent settlement and were ecologically dominant within
the confines of these treed community sites. They did not reside in
small bands. They did not travel much. They rarely if ever left their
treed community site.

To answer your question, how did they cope with nocturnal predators?
Firstly I think they always had lookouts ready to alert the whole
community if predators are spotted encroaching through the treeless
habitat that surrounded them. But this would not be perfect,
especially against leopards and other singular predators. Also they
did have stone tipped weapons, and they had the behavior of cooperative
engagement. Also they had the ability to get up in trees and or take
cover of some kind or another--caves etc.

b) Why did some Apiths descend from the
trees to evolve into Homo, and how
did it happen?

There is no short answer to this question. You are, essentially,
asking why did apes evolve into hominids. My whole hypothesis (which
remains completely undisputed) is the answer to this question.

c) What happened to all the tree-bound
Apiths -- who had been so successful
for so long?

Uh, Apiths were never tree bound. They only time they had to go up in
trees is when lions were in the vicinity and at night. They eventually
evolved (for details see my hypothesis) the ability to be ecologically
dominant within their treed communities (for details see above).

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