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tw	08-10-2007 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 373611)

Which proves humans are just the spawn of the lazy, opportunistic, pickers of low hanging fruit.

We've already demonstrated that humans will pick on each other rather than pick fruit. Is that also based in evolution?

rkzenrage

08-13-2007 01:24 AM

Yeah, those lazy humans and their agriculture and architecture.

deadbeater

08-13-2007 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by yesman065 (Post 373247)

According to the arboreal theory - "Human ancestors evolved to upright bipedalism as an adaptation to forage for ripe fruit in the trees' peripheries."

Really now, doesn't that mean that bipedalism lends oneself to better swinging and climbing?

xoxoxoBruce

08-13-2007 05:49 PM

No, it's being able to reach from the ground.

Ibby	08-13-2007 08:20 PM

Four legs gooood! Two legs baaaaad!

xoxoxoBruce

08-13-2007 09:36 PM

Shame on ewe.

Flint

08-13-2007 09:40 PM

Four legs good! Two legs better!

Hagar

08-14-2007 01:56 AM

Dunno about you lot, but I evolved upright so as to be better able to bitshlap them uppity geeraffs.

...think they're soo tall.

Griff

08-14-2007 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble (Post 373580)

And cheaper! You think human ancestors used illegal migrant monkey labor?

LOL!

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