• POS = shallow-diving

    From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 21 03:39:30 2022
    Pachyosteosclerosis in Archaic Homo:
    Heavy Skulls for Diving, Heavy Legs for Wading?
    Stephen Munro cs 2011 pp.82-105 in
    Was Man More Aquatic in the Past? Fifty Years After Alister Hardy - Waterside Hypotheses of Human Evolution
    Mario Vaneechoutte cs eds
    doi 10.2174/978160805244811101010082

    Compared to the skeletons of all other primates, incl.H.sapiens, the crania & postcrania of H.erectus were typically massive, displaying extremely thick bones, with compact cortices & narrow medullary canals. Even outside the primate order, examples of
    animals displaying such massive bones are rare. Although this feature is sometimes seen as diagnostic of H.erectus, few convincing hypotheses have been put forward to explain its functional & adaptive significance.
    Here we present data showing that unusually heavy bones were a typical, although not exclusive nor indispensable, characteristic of H.erectus populations through the early-, mid- & late-Pleistocene in areas of Asia, Africa & Europe. A comparative review
    of the occurrence of massive skeletons in other mammals suggests that they have an important buoyancy control function in shallow-diving (semi)aquatic spp, and are part of a set of adaptations that allow for the more efficient collection of slow, sessile
    & immobile foods, e.g. aquatic vegetation & hard-shelled invertebrates: part-time shore-line collection of aquatic foods might have been a typical element of the lifestyle of H.erectus populations.
    We discuss the alternative explanations for heavy bones from the literature, as well as apparent exceptions to the rule, such as thin-boned H.erectus & thick-boned H.sapiens fossils. A review of the palaeo-ecological data shows: most, if not all, H.
    erectus fossils & tools are ass.x water-dependent molluscs & large bodies of permanent water. Since fresh- & salt-water habitats have different densities, we hypothesize: in H.erectus & some H.sapiens populations, there might have been a positive
    correlation between massive bones & dwelling along sea or salt lake shores.

    ____

    IOW, only incredible idiots still believe their Pleistocene ancestors ran after antelopes.

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  • From Pandora@21:1/5 to littoral.homo@gmail.com on Mon Nov 21 15:54:32 2022
    On Mon, 21 Nov 2022 03:39:30 -0800 (PST), "littor...@gmail.com" <littoral.homo@gmail.com> wrote:

    Pachyosteosclerosis in Archaic Homo:
    Heavy Skulls for Diving, Heavy Legs for Wading?

    It's not just the thickness of the bones, it's also the morphology
    that matters.
    Compare these true shallow/slow divers with Homo erectus: https://ibb.co/27xSTPy

    Which of these is the best runner?

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  • From JTEM is so reasonable@21:1/5 to Pandora on Mon Nov 21 08:20:30 2022
    Pandora wrote:

    Compare these true shallow/slow divers with Homo erectus: https://ibb.co/27xSTPy

    A more novel approach, one that your so called "Academics" reject,
    would be to assume there's this thing called "Evolution," and that
    differences in human anatomy might reflect differences in selective
    pressures. Thus, comparing different archaic Homo populations to
    one another can reveal differences in selective pressures... lifestyles ...environments.







    -- --

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/701137037768753152

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  • From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 21 13:04:43 2022
    Op maandag 21 november 2022 om 15:54:34 UTC+1 schreef Pandora:

    Pachyosteosclerosis in Archaic Homo:
    Heavy Skulls for Diving, Heavy Legs for Wading?

    It's not just the thickness of the bones, it's also the morphology
    that matters.
    Compare these true shallow/slow divers with Homo erectus: https://ibb.co/27xSTPy
    Which of these is the best runner?

    My little little boy (you're almost as ridiculous as "DD'eDeN"), try to be honest:
    -we say: H.erectus was initially a coastal wader-diver,
    -POS = frequent shallow-diving, whether or not they also waded.

    The Aquatic Ape Evolves:
    Common Misconceptions and Unproven Assumptions about the So-Called Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
    Hum.Evol.28: 237-266, 2013
    Abstract
    While some paleo-anthropologists remain skeptical, data from diverse biological and anthropological disciplines leave little doubt that human ancestors were at some point in our past semi-aquatic: wading, swimming and/or diving in shallow waters in
    search of waterside or aquatic foods.
    However, the exact scenario (how, where & when these semi-aquatic adaptations happened, how profound they were, how they fit into the hominid fossil record) is still disputed, even among anthropologists who assume some semi-aquatic adaptations.
    Here I argue that the most intense phase(s) of semi-aquatic adaptation in human ancestry occurred when Homo populations adapted to slow & shallow littoral diving for sessile foods, e.g. shellfish, during part(s) of the Pleistocene, presumably along
    African or South-Asian coasts.
    Conclusions
    Many scientific & popular publications on the so-called aquatic ape theory or aquatic ape hypothesis give incorrect impressions of how, when & where our semi-aquatic ancestors could have evolved. This paper provides arguments from diverse biological
    subdisciplines for the following 3 hypotheses, which to conservative anthropologists might seem unexpected at first sight, but are based on what is known from other animals: the comparative evidence.
    (1) The aquarboreal theory of Mio-Pliocene hominoids:
    our Mio- & Pliocene more apelike ancestors & relatives, incl. the australopiths, led an aquarboreal life, living in wet forests: flooded, mangrove or swamp forests, and later in more open wetlands, and fed on hard-shelled and other plant & animal foods
    at the water surface & the waterside & in the trees.
    (2) The littoral theory of Pleistocene Homo (AAH s.s.):
    early-Pleistocene archaic Homo populations dispersed along the coasts, where they reduced climbing adaptations, but frequently dived, and used stone & other tools for feeding on shallow-water & water-side foods, incl. shellfish.
    (3) The wading hypothesis of early H.sapiens:
    later in the Pleistocene, Homo populations gradually ventured inland along the rivers, reduced diving skills, and frequently waded with very long & stretched legs & fully upright body, to spot prey in very shallow water, and used complex tools to collect
    different sorts of aquatic & waterside foods.

    Okidoki?
    Just be honest!

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 21 15:07:52 2022
    On Monday, November 21, 2022 at 5:47:42 PM UTC-5, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:
    On Monday, November 21, 2022 at 4:04:44 PM UTC-5, littor...@gmail.com wrote:
    Op maandag 21 november 2022 om 15:54:34 UTC+1 schreef Pandora:
    Pachyosteosclerosis in Archaic Homo:
    Heavy Skulls for Diving, Heavy Legs for Wading?

    It's not just the thickness of the bones, it's also the morphology
    that matters.
    Compare these true shallow/slow divers with Homo erectus: https://ibb.co/27xSTPy
    Which of these is the best runner?
    My little little boy (you're almost as ridiculous as "DD'eDeN"), try to be honest:
    -we say: H.erectus was initially a coastal wader-diver,
    -POS = frequent shallow-diving, whether or not they also waded.

    The Aquatic Ape Evolves:
    Common Misconceptions and Unproven Assumptions about the So-Called Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
    Hum.Evol.28: 237-266, 2013
    Abstract
    While some paleo-anthropologists remain skeptical, data from diverse biological and anthropological disciplines leave little doubt that human ancestors were at some point in our past semi-aquatic: wading, swimming and/or diving in shallow waters in
    search of waterside or aquatic foods.
    However, the exact scenario (how, where & when these semi-aquatic adaptations happened, how profound they were, how they fit into the hominid fossil record) is still disputed, even among anthropologists who assume some semi-aquatic adaptations.
    Here I argue that the most intense phase(s) of semi-aquatic adaptation in human ancestry occurred when Homo populations adapted to slow & shallow littoral diving for sessile foods, e.g. shellfish, during part(s) of the Pleistocene, presumably along
    African or South-Asian coasts.
    Conclusions
    Many scientific & popular publications on the so-called aquatic ape theory or aquatic ape hypothesis give incorrect impressions of how, when & where our semi-aquatic ancestors could have evolved. This paper provides arguments from diverse biological
    subdisciplines for the following 3 hypotheses, which to conservative anthropologists might seem unexpected at first sight, but are based on what is known from other animals: the comparative evidence.
    (1) The aquarboreal theory of Mio-Pliocene hominoids:
    our Mio- & Pliocene more apelike ancestors & relatives, incl. the australopiths, led an aquarboreal life, living in wet forests: flooded, mangrove or swamp forests, and later in more open wetlands, and fed on hard-shelled and other plant & animal
    foods at the water surface & the waterside & in the trees.
    (2) The littoral theory of Pleistocene Homo (AAH s.s.):
    early-Pleistocene archaic Homo populations dispersed along the coasts, where they reduced climbing adaptations, but frequently dived, and used stone & other tools for feeding on shallow-water & water-side foods, incl. shellfish.
    (3) The wading hypothesis of early H.sapiens:
    later in the Pleistocene, Homo populations gradually ventured inland along the rivers, reduced diving skills, and frequently waded with very long & stretched legs & fully upright body, to spot prey in very shallow water, and used complex tools to
    collect different sorts of aquatic & waterside foods.

    Okidoki?
    Just be honest!
    _
    Ignoring the mermaids & marathoners... Lets see what the professionals say:

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1240-4
    Rib cage anatomy in Homo erectus suggests a recent evolutionary origin of modern human body shape

    "Our three-dimensional reconstruction demonstrates a short, mediolaterally wide and anteroposteriorly deep thorax in KNM-WT 15000 that differs considerably from the much shallower thorax of H. sapiens, pointing to a recent evolutionary origin of fully
    modern human body shape."

    This is consistent with a slow upright bipedal walker, while the shallower thorax of H sapiens is consistent with a combined upright bipedal walker-runner with a more derived more efficient respiratory system.
    -
    Kow swamp humans not diving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OADSuHIjETk "occipitals are of modern aboriginal morphology, bone in the basal part of the fault not thickened, post-crania bones are not as heavy and thick as urban European and Asians due to
    being agile hunters-gatherers, chin smaller than European AMHs due to larger teeth"

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to littor...@gmail.com on Mon Nov 21 14:47:41 2022
    On Monday, November 21, 2022 at 4:04:44 PM UTC-5, littor...@gmail.com wrote:
    Op maandag 21 november 2022 om 15:54:34 UTC+1 schreef Pandora:
    Pachyosteosclerosis in Archaic Homo:
    Heavy Skulls for Diving, Heavy Legs for Wading?

    It's not just the thickness of the bones, it's also the morphology
    that matters.
    Compare these true shallow/slow divers with Homo erectus: https://ibb.co/27xSTPy
    Which of these is the best runner?
    My little little boy (you're almost as ridiculous as "DD'eDeN"), try to be honest:
    -we say: H.erectus was initially a coastal wader-diver,
    -POS = frequent shallow-diving, whether or not they also waded.

    The Aquatic Ape Evolves:
    Common Misconceptions and Unproven Assumptions about the So-Called Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
    Hum.Evol.28: 237-266, 2013
    Abstract
    While some paleo-anthropologists remain skeptical, data from diverse biological and anthropological disciplines leave little doubt that human ancestors were at some point in our past semi-aquatic: wading, swimming and/or diving in shallow waters in
    search of waterside or aquatic foods.
    However, the exact scenario (how, where & when these semi-aquatic adaptations happened, how profound they were, how they fit into the hominid fossil record) is still disputed, even among anthropologists who assume some semi-aquatic adaptations.
    Here I argue that the most intense phase(s) of semi-aquatic adaptation in human ancestry occurred when Homo populations adapted to slow & shallow littoral diving for sessile foods, e.g. shellfish, during part(s) of the Pleistocene, presumably along
    African or South-Asian coasts.
    Conclusions
    Many scientific & popular publications on the so-called aquatic ape theory or aquatic ape hypothesis give incorrect impressions of how, when & where our semi-aquatic ancestors could have evolved. This paper provides arguments from diverse biological
    subdisciplines for the following 3 hypotheses, which to conservative anthropologists might seem unexpected at first sight, but are based on what is known from other animals: the comparative evidence.
    (1) The aquarboreal theory of Mio-Pliocene hominoids:
    our Mio- & Pliocene more apelike ancestors & relatives, incl. the australopiths, led an aquarboreal life, living in wet forests: flooded, mangrove or swamp forests, and later in more open wetlands, and fed on hard-shelled and other plant & animal foods
    at the water surface & the waterside & in the trees.
    (2) The littoral theory of Pleistocene Homo (AAH s.s.):
    early-Pleistocene archaic Homo populations dispersed along the coasts, where they reduced climbing adaptations, but frequently dived, and used stone & other tools for feeding on shallow-water & water-side foods, incl. shellfish.
    (3) The wading hypothesis of early H.sapiens:
    later in the Pleistocene, Homo populations gradually ventured inland along the rivers, reduced diving skills, and frequently waded with very long & stretched legs & fully upright body, to spot prey in very shallow water, and used complex tools to
    collect different sorts of aquatic & waterside foods.

    Okidoki?
    Just be honest!
    _
    Ignoring the mermaids & marathoners... Lets see what the professionals say:

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1240-4
    Rib cage anatomy in Homo erectus suggests a recent evolutionary origin of modern human body shape

    "Our three-dimensional reconstruction demonstrates a short, mediolaterally wide and anteroposteriorly deep thorax in KNM-WT 15000 that differs considerably from the much shallower thorax of H. sapiens, pointing to a recent evolutionary origin of fully
    modern human body shape."

    This is consistent with a slow upright bipedal walker, while the shallower thorax of H sapiens is consistent with a combined upright bipedal walker-runner with a more derived more efficient respiratory system.

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 21 15:24:42 2022
    On Monday, November 21, 2022 at 6:07:54 PM UTC-5, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:
    On Monday, November 21, 2022 at 5:47:42 PM UTC-5, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:
    On Monday, November 21, 2022 at 4:04:44 PM UTC-5, littor...@gmail.com wrote:
    Op maandag 21 november 2022 om 15:54:34 UTC+1 schreef Pandora:
    Pachyosteosclerosis in Archaic Homo:
    Heavy Skulls for Diving, Heavy Legs for Wading?

    It's not just the thickness of the bones, it's also the morphology that matters.
    Compare these true shallow/slow divers with Homo erectus: https://ibb.co/27xSTPy
    Which of these is the best runner?
    My little little boy (you're almost as ridiculous as "DD'eDeN"), try to be honest:
    -we say: H.erectus was initially a coastal wader-diver,
    -POS = frequent shallow-diving, whether or not they also waded.

    The Aquatic Ape Evolves:
    Common Misconceptions and Unproven Assumptions about the So-Called Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
    Hum.Evol.28: 237-266, 2013
    Abstract
    While some paleo-anthropologists remain skeptical, data from diverse biological and anthropological disciplines leave little doubt that human ancestors were at some point in our past semi-aquatic: wading, swimming and/or diving in shallow waters in
    search of waterside or aquatic foods.
    However, the exact scenario (how, where & when these semi-aquatic adaptations happened, how profound they were, how they fit into the hominid fossil record) is still disputed, even among anthropologists who assume some semi-aquatic adaptations.
    Here I argue that the most intense phase(s) of semi-aquatic adaptation in human ancestry occurred when Homo populations adapted to slow & shallow littoral diving for sessile foods, e.g. shellfish, during part(s) of the Pleistocene, presumably along
    African or South-Asian coasts.
    Conclusions
    Many scientific & popular publications on the so-called aquatic ape theory or aquatic ape hypothesis give incorrect impressions of how, when & where our semi-aquatic ancestors could have evolved. This paper provides arguments from diverse
    biological subdisciplines for the following 3 hypotheses, which to conservative anthropologists might seem unexpected at first sight, but are based on what is known from other animals: the comparative evidence.
    (1) The aquarboreal theory of Mio-Pliocene hominoids:
    our Mio- & Pliocene more apelike ancestors & relatives, incl. the australopiths, led an aquarboreal life, living in wet forests: flooded, mangrove or swamp forests, and later in more open wetlands, and fed on hard-shelled and other plant & animal
    foods at the water surface & the waterside & in the trees.
    (2) The littoral theory of Pleistocene Homo (AAH s.s.): early-Pleistocene archaic Homo populations dispersed along the coasts, where they reduced climbing adaptations, but frequently dived, and used stone & other tools for feeding on shallow-water & water-side foods, incl. shellfish.
    (3) The wading hypothesis of early H.sapiens:
    later in the Pleistocene, Homo populations gradually ventured inland along the rivers, reduced diving skills, and frequently waded with very long & stretched legs & fully upright body, to spot prey in very shallow water, and used complex tools to
    collect different sorts of aquatic & waterside foods.

    Okidoki?
    Just be honest!
    _
    Ignoring the mermaids & marathoners... Lets see what the professionals say:

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1240-4
    Rib cage anatomy in Homo erectus suggests a recent evolutionary origin of modern human body shape

    "Our three-dimensional reconstruction demonstrates a short, mediolaterally wide and anteroposteriorly deep thorax in KNM-WT 15000 that differs considerably from the much shallower thorax of H. sapiens, pointing to a recent evolutionary origin of
    fully modern human body shape."

    This is consistent with a slow upright bipedal walker, while the shallower thorax of H sapiens is consistent with a combined upright bipedal walker-runner with a more derived more efficient respiratory system.
    -
    Kow swamp humans not diving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OADSuHIjETk "occipitals are of modern aboriginal morphology, bone in the basal part of the fault not thickened, post-crania bones are not as heavy and thick as urban European and Asians due
    to being agile hunters-gatherers, chin smaller than European AMHs due to larger teeth"
    -
    https://youtu.be/OADSuHIjETk?t=4436
    See abstract, African erectus and Dmanisi H georgicus brain organized like ape brain, SEA H erectus more modern-human like.

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  • From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 21 15:35:00 2022
    kudu runner:

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1240-4
    Rib cage anatomy in Homo erectus suggests a recent evolutionary origin of modern human body shape
    "Our 3D reconstruction demonstrates a short, ML wide & AP deep thorax in KNM-WT 15000 that differs considerably from the much shallower thorax of H. sapiens, pointing to a recent evolutionary origin of fully modern human body shape."

    Yes, thanks, He's very large thorax confirms that our evolution from diving to walking was late-Pleistocene:
    DNA analyses shows that Hs acquired the enzymes for MC-PUFAs -> LC-PUFAs only c 85 ka:
    only after that time we became +-independent from aquatic foods.

    This is consistent with a slow upright bipedal walker

    :-DDD
    What slow upright walkers does our little kudu runner have in mind?? penguins?? How stupid can one be??

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to littor...@gmail.com on Mon Nov 21 17:05:16 2022
    On Monday, November 21, 2022 at 6:35:01 PM UTC-5, littor...@gmail.com wrote:
    kudu runner:
    MV addresses his strawman.
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1240-4
    Rib cage anatomy in Homo erectus suggests a recent evolutionary origin of modern human body shape
    "Our 3D reconstruction demonstrates a short, ML wide & AP deep thorax in KNM-WT 15000 that differs considerably from the much shallower thorax of H. sapiens, pointing to a recent evolutionary origin of fully modern human body shape."

    Yes, thanks, He's very large thorax confirms that our evolution from diving to walking was late-Pleistocene:
    DNA analyses shows that Hs acquired the enzymes for MC-PUFAs -> LC-PUFAs only c 85 ka:
    only after that time we became +-independent from aquatic foods.

    Rainforests are rich in small shallow crystalline streams (eg. 1.5ma Trinil) which have molluscs & crustaceans & fish & antelope.

    This is consistent with a slow upright bipedal walker
    Confirmed, of course.

    MV addresses himself

    :-DDD
    What slow upright walkers does our little kudu runner have in mind?? penguins??
    How stupid can one be??

    We know the answer.

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  • From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 21 22:58:53 2022
    kudu runner:

    MV addresses his strawman.

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1240-4
    Rib cage anatomy in Homo erectus suggests a recent evolutionary origin of modern human body shape
    "Our 3D reconstruction demonstrates a short, ML wide & AP deep thorax in KNM-WT 15000 that differs considerably from the much shallower thorax of H. sapiens, pointing to a recent evolutionary origin of fully modern human body shape."

    Yes, thanks, He's very large thorax confirms that our evolution from diving to walking was late-Pleistocene:
    DNA analyses shows that Hs acquired the enzymes for MC-PUFAs -> LC-PUFAs only c 85 ka:
    only after that time we became +-independent from aquatic foods.

    Rainforests are rich in small shallow crystalline streams (eg. 1.5ma Trinil) which have molluscs & crustaceans & fish & antelope.

    Yes, molluscs & crustaceans, hmm, full of LC-PUFAs, necessary for our brain.
    We evolve the ability to make long-chain- from medium-chain-PUFAs c 85 Ka.

    This is consistent with a slow upright bipedal walker

    Confirmed, of course.

    :-DDDDD

    MV addresses himself

    :-DDD
    What slow upright walkers does our little kudu runner have in mind?? penguins??
    How stupid can one be??

    We know the answer.

    Yes, thanks, my little boy.

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  • From Pandora@21:1/5 to jtem01@gmail.com on Tue Nov 22 15:24:44 2022
    On Mon, 21 Nov 2022 08:20:30 -0800 (PST), JTEM is so reasonable <jtem01@gmail.com> wrote:

    Pandora wrote:

    Compare these true shallow/slow divers with Homo erectus:
    https://ibb.co/27xSTPy

    A more novel approach, one that your so called "Academics" reject,

    An anti-academic attitude is one of the hallmarks of pseudoscience, as
    is unwavering enthousiasm for fringe theories.

    would be to assume there's this thing called "Evolution," and that >differences in human anatomy might reflect differences in selective >pressures. Thus, comparing different archaic Homo populations to
    one another can reveal differences in selective pressures... lifestyles >...environments.

    That's not a novel approach, it's what PA's have been doing for
    decades.

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to littor...@gmail.com on Tue Nov 22 08:06:53 2022
    On Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at 1:58:54 AM UTC-5, littor...@gmail.com wrote:
    kudu runner:

    MV addresses his strawman.

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1240-4
    Rib cage anatomy in Homo erectus suggests a recent evolutionary origin of modern human body shape
    "Our 3D reconstruction demonstrates a short, ML wide & AP deep thorax in KNM-WT 15000 that differs considerably from the much shallower thorax of H. sapiens, pointing to a recent evolutionary origin of fully modern human body shape."

    Yes, thanks, He's very large thorax confirms that our evolution from diving to walking was late-Pleistocene:
    DNA analyses shows that Hs acquired the enzymes for MC-PUFAs -> LC-PUFAs only c 85 ka:
    only after that time we became +-independent from aquatic foods.

    Rainforests are rich in small shallow crystalline streams (eg. 1.5ma Trinil) which have molluscs & crustaceans & fish & antelope.
    Yes, molluscs & crustaceans, hmm, full of LC-PUFAs, necessary for our brain. We evolve the ability to make long-chain- from medium-chain-PUFAs c 85 Ka.
    This is consistent with a slow upright bipedal walker

    Confirmed, of course.
    :-DDDDD
    MV addresses himself

    :-DDD
    What slow upright walkers does our little kudu runner have in mind?? penguins??
    How stupid can one be??

    We know the answer.
    Yes, thanks, my little boy.
    MV addresses himself, argues with himself, and quotes himself. Can't lose that way.

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  • From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 22 23:06:27 2022
    kudu runner:

    MV ... Can't lose that way.

    :-) finally!

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to littor...@gmail.com on Wed Nov 23 10:12:20 2022
    On Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 2:06:29 AM UTC-5, littor...@gmail.com wrote:
    kudu runner:

    MV ... Can't lose that way.

    :-) finally!

    Psychosis!

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  • From JTEM is so reasonable@21:1/5 to Pandora on Wed Nov 23 12:12:29 2022
    Pandora wrote:

    An anti-academic attitude

    So people who reject science, scientific methods and even evolution
    are "Academics," while those those castigate them for NOT adhering
    to science are "Anti-academic."

    Hmm.

    unwavering enthousiasm for fringe theories.

    Coastal dispersal is mainstream. It's accepted. Lunatics claim that
    they were carrying around a savanna on their backs, they weren't
    doing things like eating while following that waterline across
    continents.

    Yeah. When it comes right down to it, you morons are pretending that
    "Eating" is a fringe theory. Being on that beach? Nope. That's
    mainstream. Following that beach virtually EVERYWHERE it could
    take them? Again, mainstream. But they weren't eating and to claim
    they were is a "Fringe Theory."

    THAT'S how idiotic you savanna wanks are.

    If they're on that beach, if they're eating there then they are adapting (adapted) to that environment. Period. You wankers claim that one
    toe on a savanna completely transformed the human body, but that
    millions of years of back-and-forth migrations along the coast,
    exploiting the sea, could not have changed a goddamn thing.

    You honest are nuts.






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  • From littoral.homo@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 23 13:15:01 2022
    Op woensdag 23 november 2022 om 19:12:22 UTC+1 schreef DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves:

    MV ... Can't lose that way.

    :-) finally!

    Psychosis!


    Yes, yes, my boy, I know you're psychotic...

    Leading PAs know there was no savanna where the early australopiths lived, e.g. -- White 2014: "... despite valiant efforts at its resurrection, the hypothesis that opening grasslands led to hominid emergence & bipedality now stands effectively falsified.”
    -- Tobias 1995: “We were all profoundly & unutterably wrong!” ... Open the window, and throw out the savannah hypothesis; it’s dead, and we need a new paradigm ... All the former savannah supporters (incl.myself) must now swallow our earlier words
    in the light of the new results from the early hominid deposits.”
    -- Leakey & Lewontin 1992: “the immense plains & the immense herds on them are rel.recent aspects of the African environment, much more recent than the origin of the human family.”
    -- Wood 1996: “The savannah ‘hypothesis’ of human origins, in which the cooling climate begat the savannah, and the savannah begat humanity, is now discredited.”
    -- Reed 1997:
    -the Pliocene gracile australopithecines “existed in fairly wooded, well-watered regions”,
    -the Pleistocene robust australopithecines existed “in similar environs & in more open regions, but always in habitats that include wetlands”.
    -- etc.etc.

    Only psychotics believe they're running after antelopes... :-)

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