Re: A Specification for a
Alex Duncan (aduncan@mail.utexas.edu)
6 Nov 1995 14:40:47 GMT
In article <815586728snz@crowleyp.demon.co.uk> Paul Crowley,
Paul@crowleyp.demon.co.uk writes:
>May main
>point is that nakedness is a most peculiar adaption - as also is
>bipedalism - that to separate them is to require two explanations
>and imply that there were two radical changes in habitat and/or
>behaviour.
More radical than "hominids got into the water, where they developed a
whole bunch of features that just happen to be adaptive for living on dry
land, and then they got out of the water"?
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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