mirrored file at http://SaturnianCosmology.Org/ For complete access to all the files of this collection see http://SaturnianCosmology.org/search.php ========================================================== Timo Niroma: Was the early man a wader? What is common for Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, Koobi Fora in Kenya and Chad? As many of you know, the answer is that the oldest remains of man for three to six or seven million years ago are found in these places. What else is common to these places. All finds are near lakes, lakes at that time. The Tanzanian and Kenyan lakes are still there, but what about Chad? There is a small lake, and the answer to this question is that six million years ago the lake was huge, much bigger than today. So what? Man has many unexplained traits when compared to its nearby relatives, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans. How did they come to? Man is walking with two legs, but his back is not perfect for walking? What advantage did man gain from walking upright? Why does the back get so fast tired, that man wants rather sit down? Man can talk, in fact very loudly. In its infancy the talk must have been very simple but to have any significance over expressions by face and gestures, it has an advantage only on distances that are too big for gesture expressions. And all these in face of the great danger of being noisy, when one should be silent not to get eaten by any predator. Man has lost most of his/her hair. What advantage could this have? The essential hair, the hair on your head (if any) of course protects you from the sun, but what is more important than protection for most other parts of the body? Man has lost his capability to produce C-vitamin. Obviously he must have plenty of food supply containing C. That means he must have had access to fruits. A baby, when thrown into water, can swim. That capability however disappears, if not made to a practise. Man can't escape very fast from predators, but still survived in the wild Africa. How? Now if we put together the places, where human fossils are found and the above traits, we get a neat explanation. If man was a wader, we have a good explanation. Wading made him use two legs and freed his/her arms to carry whatever load was needed. Water is very good to carry voice, even kilometers, so yelling was from time to time more important a vehicle for communication that any gestures that was not even seen. Hairlessness was an advantage for two reasons: wading was faster and the drying when landing was also faster. The great predators, such as lions, hyenas, tigers do not usually swim, so it was easy to escape and if there were islands that could be reached by wading, there was a safe place for man to escape, sit down and eat fruits in safety. Of course, this is just a theory, but I find it interesting, because it explains so many things. Any ideas pro or con? Please, send them to timo.niroma at kolumbus.fi Go to the index