Re: The savannah one is pretty much out the window now.

On Aug 14, 10:17 am, Gerrit Hanenburg
<g.hanenb...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Marc Verhaegen <m_verhae...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've never liked the Savannah hypothesis. he first time I read about AAT it
made perfect sense. Evolution requires purpose.

SF:
It does?

ask the writer, my boy

I'd rather ask the poster who uncritically dumps such extraordinary
claims in this newsgroup just because some nitwit in it speaks out in
favor of the AAT.
Do you subscribe to the statement that evolution requires a purpose?

do you subscribe that evolution requires adaptedness:

No, adaptedness is a result of evolution.

do you subscribe that a creature that develops a bad olfaction, thick fat layers & a sodium &
water-wasting cooling system adapts to the savanna??

I recognize the description as that of a late 20th century redneck
couch potato with severe overweight wearing a dirty T-shirt on a hot
and humid Alabama summerday.

http://www.gulf-shores-alabama.net/


The answer is no.
But speak about a well-acclimatized, lean, long-limbed and slender
nilotic type such as this Dinkahttp://web.inter.nl.net/users/G.Hanenburg/Dinka.jpg, the answer is
yes.

Gerrit

Archaic Nilotics such as the Meroe divers of the upper Nile show
numerous signs of ear exostosis. They didn't live in areas where cold
breezes occur and there is clear evidence they dove for fish in the
Nile.

Do the Sudan Dinkas traditionally eat fish, shellfish, crustaceans? If
so, how did they get them?

DDeden
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