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Re: Australopithicus factual info
DARREN ESLER (DEVIANT3@BRONZE.COIL.COM)
30 Jun 1995 06:33:15 GMT
SDYOUNGE@ELECOM2.watstar.uwaterloo.ca (Stephen Younge) wrote:
>
> >Okay, anyone who is interested -
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> >Are the following capsules of information factually correct?
> >Think of it as a test of things you learned long ago!
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> >Australpithicus afarensis
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> >. 5 mya - 3 mya
> >. the earliest Australophiticus
> >. walked erect
> >. 310-485 cc brain, "ape-like" organization
> >. 3.5 to 5 feet tall, very stocky
> >. lived in trees and on the ground
> >. no tools yet
> >* NOTE: bipedalism came long before human-like brain!
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> >Australpithicus africanus
> >=========================
> >. 2.8 mya - 1.8 mya
> >. 428-510 cc brain, roughly the size of a chimp's
> >. brain expanding but still "ape-like"
> >. built like A afarensis
> >. maturation period still as short as apes (3 years)
> >. represents either an evolution towards homo, or
> > an evolutionary dead-end
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>
> >Stephen Younge
> >University of Waterloo
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> Stephen Younge
> University of Waterloo
> Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
>
Dear Mr. Younge
I am appalled by what I see on the screen before me! I happen
to have a PhD. in Australopithicus and would like to crooect you on
your Facts. I see that like Napolean, anthropologists have their Waterloo,
and this one is yours. First off on Nc: 5mya-3mya. What? I have proof
that they are at least 87-43 dui. I have used my revolutionary new aging
technique that I call "counting". Here are some more facts:
-They were very fond of soup.
-They were frequently eaten by T. Rex and consequently prayed to
"Crichton"-The God with the tiny arms.
-They would have been allergic to tweed.(If they would have survived)
-They were not Nomadic, they were merely on one long "cave-painting"
tour.
-Their hobbies included - "Thwocking", - "Poultry", and - Alt.sex.pumice
-Gym class shoe rules had not been adopted, and general consensus was that
cups were a "good thing".
-They never double bag their groceries.
Hope this helps
Darren (Lucy's Linus) Esler
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