...
Post A Reply
my profile
|
directory
login
|
register
|
search
|
faq
|
forum home
»
EgyptSearch Forums
»
Deshret
»
Some interesting articles
» Post A Reply
Post A Reply
Login Name:
Password:
Message Icon:
Message:
HTML is not enabled.
UBB Code™ is enabled.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by DD'eDeN: [QB] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ascent-of-man-human-evolution-apes-chimpanzees-lucy-australopithecus-robin-crompton-a7230371.html “We haven’t abandoned the trees. We are perfectly good in the trees if we choose to go up there – and take our shoes off.” The ancient fossil of an Australopithecus hominid – the same genus as the famous Lucy – was found in South Africa in the 1990s, but was only dated last year. Whereas Lucy was just 1.1 metres tall, the South African fossil, nicknamed Little Foot, was about the same size as a modern Western woman. [DD: More likely KhoiSan woman? Western scientists tend to enlarge bones to match themselves] According to Professor Crompton, Lucy was a pygmy Australopithecus, much like there are pygmy Homo sapiens today. Little Foot is the most complete Australopithecus ever found with, crucially, both legs surviving virtually intact. Professor Crompton, an expert in computer modelling of walking who has worked on Lucy for 20 years, now plans to use Little Foot’s dimensions to establish exactly how she walked. Twenty years ago, he caused international controversy when he was the first to claim Lucy walked upright much like modern humans do – based on computer models – and he believes Little Foot will finally put the argument to rest. But Professor Crompton and other scientists have found evidence that our foot is kept stiff by muscles and tendons, rather than locked in place by the bones. “Humans have flexible feet just like other apes. There’s nothing special about them and in particular they resemble the foot of gorillas,” he said. “There is little special about human feet to suggest they are primarily adapted to life on the ground. - - - Getting closer to the truth. Human ancestors lived along feeder streams (no crocs) in dome huts in circular camps in openings surrounded by thorn thickets in the tropical rainforest. [/QB][/QUOTE]
Instant Graemlins
Instant UBB Code™
What is UBB Code™?
Options
Disable Graemlins in this post.
*** Click here to review this topic. ***
Contact Us
|
EgyptSearch!
(c) 2015 EgyptSearch.com
Powered by UBB.classic™ 6.7.3