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On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, alexs wrote:
> >Todd Moody opined:
> >This is idiotic. Man-like? Gorillas were here first; they
> >should be well adapted to their food supply.
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> This statement is uninformed and unprovable.
All assertions about evolution are uprovable. It is not,
however, uninformed.
> The most
> current thought is that modern-era primates descended
> from a common ancestor, not from each other.
I didn't say otherwise, but the gorillas branched off before we
did, at least according to our best current understanding.
> As for
> "well adapted", the huge guts of gorillas and orang-utans
> likely indicates the need for processing large amounts
> of low-nutrient food, i.e. vegetation mostly. The huge
> guts of some humans points toward an unsuitable or incom-
> patible diet, at least according to Paleofood theory.
Did I write something that leads you to believe that I disagree
with this?
> But then the originator of the "Bambi-cheese" conjecture
> often makes such uninformed and unprovable assertions
> based on logic or philosophy, not on scientific evidence.
Who is the originator of that conjecture? Do you think it's me?
If so, you are wrong.
> At any rate, humans diverged from what became apes long
> ago, and we have our own unique problems & issues.
Exactly. This is an excellent argument against generalizations
about the "primate diet" as well.
Todd Moody
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