[blam]

GGG Ping?

[Ken522]

I opt for Intelligent Design - we never had short legs!

[GSlob]

So, how does it relate to the trousers worn with the belt just above the knees?

[RobbyS]

Violence has more to do with what is between our ears than how long our legs are.

[ClearCase_guy]

a squat physique and stance helped the males fight over access to females

This is the sort of thing that drives me crazy. Did they find a fossilized motivation? Squat physique helped them fight? Maybe so. What did they fight over? Women? Bananas? Oysters? Who knows? Let's all make a wild guess and call it science.

[flashbunny]

Does this mean the french have long legs that enable them to run away faster?

[devane617]

An article yesterday said they also liked big butts. Short legged women with big butts. Works for me.

[knarf]

Devolution ... we're publishing skeletal gorilla porn trying to explain why men ... never mind.

[Oztrich Boy]

[RunningWolf]

Wow look at those very tiny feet.

I wonder how many of these finds are actually built up composites of many creatures. IOW the researcher could be led astray by what he wants to find.

I mean, it is not like that has never happened in this area of science.

[sionnsar]

"If they were more aggressive than modern humans, they were exceptionally nasty animals."

I'll put some FReepers up to that test... *\;-)

[Fiddlstix]

Thanks for posting. Recently I've been wondering about Short People
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[gedeon3]

I'm glad you found details about YOUR ancestors; I am very happy for you. Mine were created by God; in his own image.

[Hoplite]

Yo! Dobie!
Yeah you - you're lucky I'm on this leash!!!

[fish hawk]

The very first line is a lie. It should read: Ape like monkey ancestors .... Not ape like "human" ancestors. There is absolutely no proof that this animal was a direct ancestor of humans. My tag line says it all.

[Xenalyte]

So THAT's why Wild Bill is built like that!

Those of you who don't know my stepdad, I gotta tell you . . . he's taller than me (so over 5'10"), and his legs are noticeably shorter than mine. I mean, WAY shorter, like you wonder what happened to his legs, and then you realize he had to have been born that way since he's almost six feet.`

[citizencon]

Howard Dean...
Short legs and nasty...

[RichInOC]

I thought we had short legs for loving. Well, half of us, at least.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Nevertheless, male-male competition doesn't fully explain human violence, Carrier says, noting other factors such as hunting, competing with other species, defending territory and other resources, and feeding and protecting offspring.

Why did you leave out bitching, nagging, redicule, and adultry. These are far more commonplace pressures.

[Yardstick]

I'm not sure I agree with the notion that short legs make a body more stable for fighting. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think it's just the opposite.

Picture two cameras, each sitting on its own tripod, and both sitting at the same height. But one tripod has long legs and a short neck (or whatever you call that extendable verticle pole that the camera sits on), the other has short legs and a long neck.

Which camera is less likely to get knocked over? I say the one sitting on the long legged tripod. Longer legs allow for more triangularity and therefore more stability.