Wednesday, December 11, 2013
"More adaptable than previously thought"
Anthropologists have found a new skeleton of a well-known 'missing link', leading to new conclusions about its way of life...
"We knew about the kind of food it ate -- it was omnivorous, leaning more toward plant material -- but now we know more: how it walked around and now we know it was a tree climber." The size of the arm bones suggests strong forearms and a powerful upper body. "It's a different branch on our ancestry tree," Musiba said. "It came later than the other hominins, so the question now is 'what happened to it?' We're going to do more work on biomechanics and see what else this creature was doing." He noted that the creature likely stood 3.5 to 4.5 feet tall and possessed a robust frame. "We know that it was very strong," Musiba said. "It's unprecedented to find how strong this individual was. The stronger you are the more adaptive you are."How many millions of times will scientists have to be surprised by the "adaptability" of life before they finally realize that life is not the same thing as non-life? Living things adapt to change and learn from experience. Negative feedback. That's the whole fucking point. Unfortunately scientists are not living things.
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