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Re: A Point for Calvin
Stephen Barnard (steve@megafauna.com)
Wed, 02 Oct 1996 19:47:36 -0800
geossing@singnet.com.sg wrote:
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> Thomas Clarke wrote:
> > Tom Clarke wrote :
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> > Apparently 11 to 14 year old boys can kill bears with rocks.
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> > I think William Calvin hypothesized that it was throwing
> > ability that provided the selective advantage for large
> > brain size in hominds. Perhaps this event is a point for him.
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> Perhaps the significant fact is that a group of boys working together
> killed a bear by throwing rocks. A lone boy throwing stones would have
> probably been mauled, eliminating the possibility of his genes surviving.
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> Arnold Doray
> doray@geos.co.uk
Just for the record, this was a very,very small bear.
Steve Barnard
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