Animal Connection: New Hypothesis for Human Evolution and Human Nature

ScienceDaily ^ | July 20, 2010 | adapted from Penn State material written by Kevin Stacey

[count-your-change]

Welllll, this just changes everything, I mean the whole humanodog paradigm is completely turned on its head, the cosmic significance of these suggestions cannot be overemphasized, history will have to rewritten and whole new relationships established between dog and owners.

Or just someone grinding out a useless paper.I suspect the latter.

[Rockingham]

Why should they change? The Queen of England similarly has people at the ready to open doors for her.

[Pharmboy]

"Having sharp tools transformed wimpy human ancestors into effective predators who left many cut marks on the fossilized bones of their prey," Shipman said. Becoming a predator also put our ancestors into direct competition with other carnivores for carcasses and prey. As Shipman explains, the human ancestors who learned to observe and understand the behavior of potential prey obtained more meat...

Geez...back in the '80s, Prof. Shipman was selling hard the notion that humans were scavengers and NOT predators based on a few overlapping cut marks on some fossilized bones. Gee, Pat, have the successful grant applications changed their theme?

[Salamander]

*Applause!*

[Verginius Rufus]

That reminds me of a "Tom & Jerry" comic book I saw when I was a kid. Jerry and the younger mouse want to go into a building but it has a sign reading NO PETS. Jerry says to the baby mouse, "That's OK--we're PESTS."

[colorado tanker]

A special relationship, indeed . . . .

[SunkenCiv]

I haven’t checked the thread for Viking Kitties or ICanHasCheezeburger references. ;’)