Re: Bipedalism and theorizing... was Re: Morgan and creationists

James Borrett (jamesb@hgu.mrc.ac.uk)
Thu, 11 Jul 1996 11:52:37 +0100

Richard Foy wrote:
Karen <karen@uab.edu> wrote:
> It is not as though the
> >baby could cling to its' mothers' breasts leaving the mothers' hands
> >free while travelling.
>
> When I read this speculation it didn't seem to reasonable to me that
> infants could hold on to a mothers breasts either.
>

Maybe I was a bit unclear, but by saying the baby could hold onto the
breast I didn't mean it could support its own weight, but that it could
use its hands to direct the nipple into its mouth to make breast feeding
easier.