Re: Bipedalism and endurance (was Re: AAH - enough already

loopy (lmm5@cornell.edu)
10 Dec 1994 22:46:18 GMT

In article <3c10e0$dak@newsbf01.news.aol.com>, patdooley@aol.com (Pat
Dooley) wrote:

> Whatever you said hardly applies to Lucy and her predecessors. Big feet.
> Short legs. Not very big to start with. More like Toulouse Lautrec than
> your favorite track star.

sort of like asking, what good is 10% of an eye? the answer is, 10% of an
eye is better than no eye. Evolution doesn't start out by producing perfect
systems.

Lucie

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