To: Pharmboy
Any evolutionary theory that posits why humans lost their fur must also specify why those same conditions did not cause the other primates to lose their fur. For instance humans moved onto the savanna and the sun and heat worked to select those with no hair; so then why did the baboons not lose theirs out there? If it's a parasite-free sexual selection process -- so then why have chimpanzees retained their hair since they are fastidious about grooming parasites out of each others fur? None of the theories in the article, save the aquatic one, account for why the other primates kept their fur.
71 posted on
08/19/2003 2:47:08 PM PDT by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
You are on the money!
84 posted on
08/19/2003 5:55:33 PM PDT by
Pharmboy
(Dems lie 'cause they have to...)
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