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Re: YET another aquatic ape post
Nick Longrich (longrich@princeton.edu)
Sat, 11 Feb 1995 22:36:58 GMT
In article <3h65q9$hms@chinacat.cwa.com>, lane@cwa.com wrote:
> In article <3gj0r9$89@maverick.maverick.tad.eds.com>,
<fignet04.mikea@eds.com>
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> writes:
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> > From: fignet04.mikea@eds.com (Michael Allen)
> >
> > There is another interesting quirk to the AAT argument. We had an aquatic
> > ancestor because modern day humans like seafood. I guess the common
> > housecat also had an aquatic phase. If you give either of my two cats
> > a choice between a can of tuna fish ( an ocean fish ) and just about
> > any other muscle meat, they tear the tuna apart. I guess their ancestor
> > had also started down the Aquatic Feline path but decided it did not
> > like being all wet. :-)
>
> It's good to see that AAT is finally getting the respect it
> deserves around here.
For further reading on the subject, I suggest my new paper, "The Aquatic
Canine: Evolution of the Mexican Hairless Chihuahua."
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