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

zu03725@uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu (karen@uab.edu)
Sun, 04 Aug 1996 21:43:34 GMT

herwin@mason2.gmu.edu (HARRY R. ERWIN) wrote:

>Arboreal suspensory movement is not ancestral. Arboreal skittering about
>on the tops of branches with the aid of claws is.

Early arboreal primates evolved nails ca. 65 million years ago.
Opposable thumbs, etc. I would call that ancestral ...primitive
traits of primates.

karen