Re: AAT Theory

chris brochu (gator@mail.utexas.edu)
17 Oct 1995 13:31:30 GMT

In article <45vsiv$ob9@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> pete, VINCENT@REG.TRIUMF.CA
writes:
>One could reasonably speculate that if it wasn't gone already,
>body hair would be detrimental to a creature huddling around
>a campfire at night. Whether this might amount to significant
>selective pressure I don't know, but if my overcoat caught
>fire, I'd be mighty appreciative of the fact that it wasn't
>attached to my skin. So, say, by h. erectus, it's disappearing?
>

Of course that's reasonable. But, is it testable? If we stated that H.
erectus was furless, how would we know if we were wrong?

chris