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Subject: Re: Human & ape evolution
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Op dinsdag 25 april 2023 om 14:22:39 UTC+2 schreef oot...-at-hot.ee:
> > 4 frequent paleo-anthropological prejudices, with 0 evidence:=20
> > Many PAs still *assume* that human ancestors=20
> > 1) became bipedal when we left the trees for the gound??=20
> > 2) came Out-of-Africa (OoA)??=20
> > 3) were savanna-dwellers???
> That is not that popular hypothesis. You typically use it as straw man.=
=20
It's only 1 of the many popular PA prejudices.
> Found remains show indications that our ancestors were still well=20
> adapted to climbing trees, even after they had begun to walk upright.=20
Of course: google "aquarboreal"!
> > 4) had australopithecine ancestors??=20
> And also its bones demonstrate features consistent with tree climbing.
Yes, of course:
https://www.gondwanatalks.com/l/the-waterside-hypothesis-wading-led-to-upri=
ght-walking-in-early-humans/
> > These are only anthropo- & afro-centric just-so pre-assumptions:=20
> > - Darwin thought "Out of Africa" (Pan & Gorilla were African),=20
> > - Africa (apart from sahara) is mostly jungle or savanna,=20
> > - apiths lived in Africa, were BP, and had some humanlike anatomical tr=
aits.=20
> Typical lie that all the science is what some bearded guys thought=20
> more than hundred years ago. That kind of lies are common among=20
> people who do not read scientific publications. IOW flat earthers,=20
> geocentrists and deep one worshipers.
Worshipers?
> > Therefore, many (most?) PAs still assume, without evidence, that=20
> > 1) we became BP after we split from Pan, and left the forest,
> Where you concluded that we left forests?
I?? =20
Traditional PAers: I'm trying to understand how many PAers still reason.
> Why? Forest is full=20
> of edible nuts, eggs, fruit, mushrooms and animals are easier to=20
> trap or ambush. Is it because you live in country that has all=20
> forest cut down? Do not mirror your tragedy to our ancestors.
??=20
Lots of trees in my garden...
> > 2) Homo & "hominins" originated in Africa (OoA),=20
> > 3) we ran bipedally in savannas,
> Depends what savannas. Heavily wooded? Or why they had=20
> capability to climb?
I wouldn't know: I'm trying to understand how many PAists still reason.
> > 4) BP fossils in Africa incl. apiths are =E2=80=9Chominin=E2=80=9D (ant=
hropo-centric belief: Pan & Gorilla have no fossils=E2=80=A6??).=20
> > But=20
> > 1) early-Miocene Hominoidea were already BP=3Dvertical waders-climbers =
in swamp forests (humans & gibbons still are BP), google AQUARBOREAL,
> Here is a word our sole deep one worshiper pushes. Note that=20
> its sole evidence is few carved seashells found on Java. Place=20
> where even crow can find seashells, but no one starts to tell=20
> that crow did dive.
You're still confusing
- Mio-Pliocene aquarboreal Hominoidea,
- early-Pleist. shallow-diving H.erectus.
> > 2) Mio-Pliocene Hominoidea came from N-Tethys coasts (hylobatids & pong=
ids still live in SE.Asia),=20
> > 3) human ancestors have always been waterside (cf. physiology, anatomy,=
diet+DHA, island colonizations, intercontin.dispersals etc.etc.),=20
> > 4) E.Afr.apiths resemble Gorilla > Pan > Homo, S.Afr.apiths resemble Pa=
n > Homo or Gorilla (e.g. my Hum.Evol.papers).=20
> > https://www.gondwanatalks.com/l/the-waterside-hypothesis-wading-led-to-=
upright-walking-in-early-humans/=20
> > Partial convergence? Nasalis monkeys (large & upright body, rel.long le=
gs=E2=80=A6) in mangrove forests also often wade bipedally & climb arms ove=
rhead.=20
> > Likely scenario IMO: Plate Tectonics & Hominoid Splittings:=20
> > c 30 Ma India approaching S-Asia formed island archipels =3D coastal fo=
rests++=20
> > c 25 Ma Catarrhini reaching these islands became wading bipedally + cli=
mbing arms overhead =3D aquarboreal Hominoidea.=20
> > c 20 Ma India further underneath Asia split hylobatids (E) & other=3Dgr=
eat apes (W), both following coastal forests along N-Tethys Ocean (E vs W).=
=20
> > c 15 Ma Mesopotamian Seaway Closure split pongid-sivapith (E) & hominid=
-dryopith (W: Medit.Sea + hominids s.s. in incipient Red Sea swamp forests)=
.=20
> > c 8 Ma in Red Sea: N-Rift fm, followed by Gorilla -> Afar -> Praeanthro=
pus afarensis -> boisei -> today G.gorilla & G.beringei.=20
> > c 5 Ma the Red Sea opens into Gulf (Francesca Mansfield thinks caused b=
y the Zanclean mega-flood 5.33 Ma):=20
> > =E2=80=93 Pan went right: E.Afr.coastal forests -> S-Rift -> Transvaal =
-> Australopith.africanus -> robustus (// Gorilla) -> today P.troglodytes &=
P.paniscus,=20
> > =E2=80=93 Homo went left: S.Asian coasts -> Java early-Pleist.H.erectus=
-> shallow-diving: pachy-osteo-sclerosis, DHA, brain+, stone tools, shell =
engravings...=20
> > mid- -> late-Pleist.: diving -> wading -> walking H.sapiens.=20
> > Early-Pleist. H.erectus' diet was probably mostly shellfish (engravings=
, stone tools, DHA & larger brain etc.),=20
> > but what did Mio-Pliocene Hominoidea eat in coastal forests? fruits? ma=
ngrove oysters? sort of rice?? ...?
> Yeah forests were more moist indeed before; stupid humans have dried=20
> these out recently to gain access to wood with vehicles or for to turn th=
ose=20
> into non-sustainable farmlands. Also there were floods sometimes so most=
=20
> animals can swim fine, wolf, deer, bear, even PAN. But indeed ... go find=
=20
> seashells in swamp. Good luck.=20
You're still confusing
- Mio-Pliocene aquarboreal Hominoidea,
- early-Pleist. shallow-diving H.erectus.
aqua=3Dwater, arbor=3Dtree
> The savanna hypothesis did not become obsolete because your deep=20
> divers found any ... counter-evidence is about climbing, not deep diving.
?? is the savanna hypothesis "obsolete"??
?? *deep*divers??
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