Timothy McDougald
Posts: 1036 Joined: Dec. 2006
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Quote (Starbuck @ May 31 2012,13:57) | <a href="">These guys</a> aren't even trying to hide their creationism anymore.
Quote | With the appearance of Homo erectus, though, many traits changed all at once. Below the neck, these hominins were virtually indistinguishable from a modern human. Their legs, lumbar spine, arms, shoulder girdle, pelvis and hips, rib cage and feet now were those of a long-distance runner with an efficient well-balanced gait
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How efficient? And what the hell is a "well-balanced gait"? The features that would have made H. erectus good endurance runners did not appear all at once. We see some of these features in earlier hominins such as H. habilis. But they first appear as a total package in H. erectus. |
Yes, and what the hell does Quote | Faith the Dog is not evidence for the ability to evolve bipedalism, she is evidence for achievement in the face of adversity. | have to do with anything?
Quote | Australopithecine fossils were ape-like in posture and gait. Their ribcage, hips, legs, spine, and feet were closer to chimp than human. While these hominins may have spent some time on the ground, they were not built for speed or running. |
So Australopithicines contain some traits linking them to the common ancestor of chimps and humans, and some traits linking it to later Homo? This is called, unless I am mistaken, a transitional fossil.
Luskin has been flogging the same two articles Gauger cited for years, guess he was indisposed and let Ann have a chance to misunderstand them...
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