Re: Bipedalism

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iboothby@Direct.CA (Iboothby) writes:

> I was always under the assumption that bipedalism was convienient not
>for helping early australios to see further but provided a way to cover
>ground at a farily leasury pase. Humans seen ideally adapted for covering
>a lot of distance in their feet. Our ansestors seemed to migrate a lot,
>they travelled and explored places. I couldn't imagine a chimp walking
>across a savanna, covering a lot of distance the way a human would.

How about a baboon troop?

[Sorry, but argument from incredulity is hard to resist]

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