Posted on 11/18/2004 7:32:47 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Ping!
It's not my fault I have a big butt, blame evolution!
More likely, those that ran away got to survive.
oh brother and this is the kind of science you get when you start from a faulty premise to begin with.
how about that human beings were perfectly designed to work...six days a week.
"Scientists"? Try "philosophers."
Other people maybe. I'm not designed for any running, walking's fine anything faster than that just doesn't happen (except maybe towards a waiting glass of gin...).
And they are absolutely certain of this, the "scientists" said.....
I am clearly devolving.
Exactly. Expanding on a shakey theory.
I am an engineer and I look at this stuff through those glasses. The premise is that evolution changes things over time and improves them yes? So why are we not covered with fur? Fur provides a natural covering so that we do not need to develop clothing, etc. Did evolution know that we could learn to make cloths?
Also, what is the basis of balding. As I see it, keeping the head warm has been proven to be instrumental since a huge amount of body heat is loss through the head. Did evolution know that we would be smart enough to make hats?
Just my 2 cents...
There's the rub.
Just how many bones are there from our so called ancestors below the neck?
How many complete skeletons are there for examination to fully understand the dynamics of evolutionary progression for this theory?
Evidence is scant or no existent!
Good point.
In my spare time I like to count the fudge words in reports on the "science" of evolution. This short article has 4 "may haves" and a "may be". Throw in a "suggested" and a "plausible" for good measure. This explains why one scientist described paleontology as "fairy tales for adults".
I don't know if I buy this at all. The average woman certainly doesn't look "designed to run" to me. Have you ever tried running with a baby on your hip? I have - it ain't pretty.
If we're design to run, why do all the runners I know have blown out knees? And why would our ancestors run after game (practically all of which is faster than we are)? Wouldn't traps and ambushes be more effective?
Funny. I still have yet to see any causality established. All I see is an observed effect being defined as its own cause.
I've been fortunate in that I've never had bad knees from running. I just hope they don't collapse this weekend when I do a 20 miler.
The first thing I thought of when reading this is the primitive societies in the Amazon rain forest and the Kalahari Desert (the latter being the !Kung people). In those societies the only "runners" are the men -- the women stay in the villages while the men hunt. Attributes in favor of running capability would be genetically favored even if the women didn't run much.
Look at how tribes like the Bushmen hunt. They chase an animal. It runs away. They follow and chase it some more. It runs away again. Do that for a few miles and it collapses from heat exhaustion because humans are among the best at getting rid of heat from the body. (of course sitting in a deer blind with some beer is a lot easier).
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