An interpretation of Luke 2:49 - 52

[Yenn]

Another almost hairless mammal is despised by the jews and by all accounts tastes similar to homo sapiens. I like it.

[spacesailor]

Chinese hairless dog !.

Almost as good as " RedDog ", yum-yum.  LoL

spacesailor

[Bruce Tuncks]

I once read that we had an episode of riverside living, that is the quite small group that eventually led to us. Hair is bad news if you get wet often, look at whales etc.

Then when we started to wear animal skins in the ice ages, we could suffer a lack of vitamin D. Especially hairy-faced men...  this is why male baldness developed and why it only happens after the beard has grown.

 

[old man emu]

It seems that there are very many exceptions to the rule.

[nomadpete]

There is a strong argument for homo sapiens spending a fairly long evolutionary period trying to become fully aquatic.

Evidence includes the observation that humans are the only land mammals that have sub cutaneous fat, which is used a insulation for fully immersed aquatic mammals such as whales, dolphins, etc. Also, we have lost scent ability which land mammals use for knowing when their females are in oestrus (smell doesn't work under water). Of course, non waxed hair is a handicap in cool water, so it might die out.

There is a very interesting book called "The Descent of Woman" which explores all this.

[old man emu]

Here is another theory. It seems better suited to the environment where genus Homo developed. 

 

[Bruce Tuncks]

Not bad OME. I was looking for a bit about horses. Only humans and horses sweat, and horses have kept their hair.

I have read that a pack of humans can run down a deer on a hot day, as the deer' panting is nowhere near as good as sweating. But we can't run down horses.

Just as animals, we are quite formidable huh...  I would put my money on a man with a baseball bat against a lion, especially if there were a few trees about.

[onetrack]

You'd have to be fast to beat a big cats neck bite - their favourite way of killing. You see them bring down huge wildebeests and other big prey animals, simply by latching onto the neck region, and crushing their spinal cord, and strangling their victims.

[Marty_d]

On 25/11/2020 at 8:52 PM, old man emu said:

 

 

The middle ground is held by those who believe that present day life forms are the result of DNA mutations that improved survivability and that an Omnipotent Creator may, or may not have been responsible for all DNA mutations.

 

Occam's Razor would suggest that the "omnipotent creator" is therefore excess to requirements.

[Bruce Tuncks]

Yep onetrack, they are formidable predators. And they hunt in packs, but so do we. I was comparing one man with a baseball bat against one lion.

My son has a theory that the alliance of dogs and humans was so powerful that nobody else stood much of a chance.