Conservatism. Being convinced of your own wisdom & insight. Protecting your scientific & social position. Anthropocentrism: believing that humans are “higher” than apes. Not listening to apparently “wrong” different approaches. Thinking thatyour interpretation of fossils is superior to the comparative anatomy. … A mix of all this. If you have been telling al your life that apes=forest=quadrupedal & humans+australopiths=savanna=bipedal, you’re afraid of losing your authority & influence
But the comparative biological facts are obvious: all tetrapods with pachy-osteo-sclerotic (very heavy, dense & thick) skeletons are slow & shallow divers for sessile foods: erectus (more than neanderthals) were no exception. And ear exostoses (neanderthals) in mammals are caused by cold water irrigation. These facts are undeniable. Moreover we have: flat feet (cursorial tetrapods are invariably unguli- or digitigrade, not plantigrade); stone tool use (cf sea-otter), huge brain (seafood: DHA
Only incredible imbeciles still believe their early-Pleistocene ancestors ran after antelopes.
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