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To: jrestrepo
So why are we not covered with fur? Fur provides a natural covering so that we do not need to develop clothing, etc.

We don't have fur so we do not overheat when we run in hot weather. We also have the ability to perspire over our entire bodies, another adaptation for running in the heat. Humans are not engineered for speed the way a cheetah is, but instead for endurance: a healthy, fit human can run for hours without a break even in hot weather. (I'm not an impressive physical specimen, but I can run for an hour at a 9 minute pace.) Very few mammals can do this.

According to the logic of evolution, the mere fact we have this remarkable ability implies that we evolved to have it -- our ancestors ran.

28 posted on 11/18/2004 8:18:47 AM PST by megatherium
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To: megatherium

That logic does not fly. Boar, elephants, rhinos, etc. have very little hair, but yaks, gnus, bison, etc. have a lot of hair. All of these move during the day...during the hat of the day.

This is the logic of evolution knows the outcome.


49 posted on 11/18/2004 11:03:48 AM PST by jrestrepo
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