Re: In Lice, Clues to Human Origin and Attire

One quibble. "Demonic Males" by Wrangham & Peterson report that one of
the diffs with the Bonobo is that there is *no* sign of estrus. No
odor, no flush. They also mention "Hoka-hoka", in which the females
engage in lesbian sex. And that unlike the other apes, in which the
males are 200-300% larger, with the Bonobo the males are only 20-30%
larger.

There is only one other primate with all these characteristics.
hominids.

But I wonder about the dating. I've read of "punctuated" evolution.
And we know that higher levels of radiation increase the mutation
rate. It'd be interesting to see if any of the nearby stars went Nova
and thereby drenched the earth with radiation, and doing so much more
on the side of the earth facing the radioactive source.

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