Re: Tobias 1995

Claudius Denk wrote:

Algis wrote
Ok, same name one other factor that will induce an ape to
move bipedally for as long as the conditions prevail? Sawing
their upper arms off, perhaps?

Carrying a club, when all adults around you
carry them too, knowing that if you drop yours
you are quite likely to suffer a fatal attack.
And doing this 24/7 -- keeping your club by
you while you sleep.

How do you explain the fact that apes capable of carrying
clubs existed on this planet (through the full Miocene) for
millions of years before hominids suddenly emerged on the
scene about 7.25 mya

Because apes would not carry a club up
into a tree (except on special occasions).
The first (proto-) bipeds had to be able
(a) to stop sleeping in trees; and
(b) be able to hold on to their clubs
at all times (including at night).

That was only possible in a location
where there were no large nocturnal
predators.

(which, btw, coorelates perfectly with

How does a vague date (on which something
suddenly happens) manage to correlate
perfectly with anything?

the emergence of monsoon habitat in east Africa).

Unknown to science.


Paul.
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