Re: Born To Run: What Humans Really Evolved To Do

Claudius Denk wrote:
On Oct 5, 7:23 pm, RichTravsky <traRvE...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Paul Crowley wrote:
RichTravsky wrote:
Claudius Denk wrote:
On Sep 15, 1:17 pm, Andrew.Nowicki...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

The article suggests that the first running
hominid was Homo erectus.

Absurd. At best HE was ecologically dominant in their garden
habitat. They may have tragelled moderate distances, but certainly

Garden habitat???? LOL - what the hell is that?

It may not be exact but it is probably as good a
a term as anything else. It's the sort of habitat
that humans do their best to recreate when they
have the opportunity -- i.e. when they have money:
well-watered, plenty of trees, lawns, ponds and
other water features, not much in the way of
dense brush.

Your proof that erectus had gardens ->

Your proof they did not?

It's your claim. You back it up.

And while you're at it, reconcile that with the fact erectus ranged far
in the old world - like Africa, southwest Asia, China, and Indonesia.

Erectus ranged over Africa, and into southwest Asia, to China, and
Indonesia - that must've been some garden!

Think of what humans eat -- or did eat before
famining. OK, you'll find it tough -- but
fruit, roots and certain leaves would have
figured highly. Where do such things grow?
On high mountains? In deserts? On the wide
open savannas? Have a guess.

Early humans were hunters and getherers.

Your proof that early humans were hunter gatherers?

What do you think they did before agriculture? Duh...

That's how you spread around the world.

They included a lot of things in
their diet since they ranged from Africa, southwest Asia, China, to
Indonesia and the local flora and fauna would have differed greatly...- Hide quoted text -

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