Re: Lucy = slow

Paul Crowley wrote:

"Rich Travsky" <traRvEsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Gerrit Hanenburg wrote:
I'll admit that Lucy was not an endurance runner, but short spurts may
have been possible.

Not only possible but necessary. Australopiths ranged over a good bit of Africa

Let's assume (a) 'Australopiths ranged over a
good bit of Africa' -- competing adequately

They did. bahrelghazali in Chad, africanus in South Africa. Go look at a map.

with other species, and (b) the hominid taxon
evolved substantially thereafter, acquiring
language, mastering fire, developing tools,
and generally raising their capability to FAR
higher levels.

They did.

How come then that around (say) 1600 a.d.
all of Africa was not dominated by humans,
with populations in the billions?

You need to re-think your scenario.

Hominids spread beyond Africa. and there are now billions of us.

You need to rethink

But thought is hard -- which is why you
never see any sign of it from any standard
PA person.

Looked at a map yet?
.

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