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Old 08-09-2007, 09:38 PM   #1
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According to the arboreal theory - "Human ancestors evolved to upright bipedalism as an adaptation to forage for ripe fruit in the trees' peripheries."
Monkeys can perform that job easier.
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Old 08-10-2007, 05:33 AM   #2
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Monkeys can perform that job easier.
Which proves humans are just the spawn of the lazy, opportunistic, pickers of low hanging fruit.
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Old 08-10-2007, 08:37 PM   #3
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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?
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