Ardi's Secret: Did Early Humans Start Walking for Sex?

nationalgeographic ^ | October 1, 2009 | Jamie Shreeve

[JoeProBono]

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Why do you think they call them “street walkers”?

[edpc]

No, they did it to get away afterwards.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I think they figured out a long time ago that having to buy 2 pair of Nikes was going to be way too expensive and that it would be better to need only one pair of Nikes and a pair of cheap gloves.

[LibFreeOrDie]

if you like learning why human females don't know when they are ovulating...

BS! Shouldn't make a general statement. Human females (at least some of us) know when we're ovulating. Libido changes. Pain at ovulation when the egg breaks out of the ovary (feels like a "stitch" in the lower abdomen). Mucus discharges.

[egannacht]

Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.

[DogBarkTree]

comment self deleted

[Sherman Logan]

In apes—both modern apes and, presumably, the ancient ancestors of Ardipithecus—males find mates the good old-fashioned apish way: by fighting with other males for access to fertile females.

This is a reasonably good description of much of human history.

The idea that females choose which human males will receive their favors is ahistorical. For most of history females got little choice in the matter. We have no particular reason other than PCness to believe it was much different in human pre-history.

[ClearCase_guy]

As Mohammad said: “I’d walk a mile for a camel”

[cripplecreek]

Admit it. You thought about it.

[sodpoodle]

That’s funny.

But your tagline may be prescient. Let us hope that those bald hippies have less procreational assets. That will eventually diminish their numbers.

[SampleMan]

Did Early Humans Start Walking for Sex?

Idiots. They walked to get beer. Sex was just an unintended consequence.

In all seriousness, the Baptists might be right here. Early humans started dancing upright and that directly led to having sex standing up.

[SERKIT]

Like, so he could stand up to drop his pants?

Did they discover the Bubbateddydodd Democraticus?

[SampleMan]

I think there is an FR rule about posting nude photos of Janet Reno. Never do it again.

[SampleMan]

BS! Shouldn't make a general statement. Human females (at least some of us) know when we're ovulating. Libido changes. Pain at ovulation when the egg breaks out of the ovary (feels like a "stitch" in the lower abdomen). Mucus discharges.

Let's assume that everyone on the planet read that and thus you never have to post it again. Just file under TMI.

[DogBarkTree]

If she was from Chicago she could hold 4 2x4s at the same time.

[JoeProBono]

[cripplecreek]

All the girls get prettier at closing time.....

[Hot Tabasco]

Did Early Humans Start Walking for Sex?

I doubt it, crawling on all 4's came way before walking and that was right after the discovery of beer......

[manic4organic]

They had to beg for it like married guys to today.