Re: Body Hair Loss in Aquatic Mammals

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In article <hubey.814773677@pegasus.montclair.edu> H. M. Hubey,
hubey@pegasus.montclair.edu writes:

>So then the onus is now on MST'ers. Why haven't they become bipedal
>too? After all, isn't this allegedly what made human ancestors
>bipedal?

Heat stress has been suggested as one possible selective factor among
many that favor the adoption of bipedalism. Although at one time Wheeler
suggested it was a primary factor, I don't think anyone would suggest so
now.

Alex Duncan
Dept. of Anthropology
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1086
512-471-4206
aduncan@mail.utexas.edu

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