Re: Modern lifestyles far less physical than early hominids'

Marc Verhaegen <m_verhaegen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

SF:
Olfactory reduction typical of haplorhine primates (loss of
rhinarium).

because tarsiers have a worse olfaction than lemur, humans must have a worse
olfaction than chimps... :-DDD

SF irrelevant blabla:
Chimps??? Of course, what did you think? Chimps evolved in the rain
forest and
Homo evolved on the savanna, who needs a nose to hunt kudus?`

sigh
the point my little boy is that all savanna mammals have a keen sense of
smell

Do Patas monkey, Vervet monkey, and baboons have a keen sense of smell
compared to forest monkey's?

Gerrit
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