Re: Early savanna runners

Marc Verhaegen <m_verhaegen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm pretty sure that Christopher Ruff is much better versed in
statistical and other research techniques than any AAT proponent.

It's obvious from the above that he's not.

That's why he is able to produce original research (something AAT
proponents have yet do

You confuse original & experimental.
No experiments in historical sciences, my boy.

Shows that you're not much of a scientist.
For example, you can quantify human and australopithecine skeletal
anatomy and use that information in dynamic modeling to compare their
locomotion. See for example:

Crompton, R. et al. 1998. The mechanical effectiveness of erect and
"bent-hip, bent-knee", bipedal walking in Australopithecus afarensis.
JHE 35: 55-74.

Kramer, P. and Eck, G. 2000. Locomotor energetics and leg length in
hominid bipedality. JHE 38: 651-666.

Wang, W. et al. 2003. Energy transformation during erect and
"bent-hip, bent-knee" walking by humans with implications for the
evolution of bipedalism. JHE 44: 563-579.

) and get it published through the appropriate channels.

appropriate... :-D

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I see no Journal of Human Evolution, American Journal of Physical
Anthropology, American Journal of Human Biology, Evolution,
Paleobiology, etc. in that list, you know, the peer-reviewed
professional science journals.
Besides, none of your publications represents genuine research. Most
of it has the character of highly speculative and qualitative reviews.
It's not science.

Anyway, his CV is much more impressive than yours.
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/FAE/CBR.htm

:-D Pathetic. Are you really too stupid to realise that the *only*
"argument" you have is based on authority??

There's nothing wrong with an appeal to authority if that means
separating qualified scientists from hobbyists like you.

Gerrit
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