From: CurtAdams@aol.com
Date: Tue Jul 16 2002 - 19:50:51 MDT
In a message dated 7/16/02 10:46:11, talon57@well.com writes:
>There has always been one unusual trait of humans I have yet to see
>explained.
>
>Humans possess the mammalian diving reflex, not known to exist in
>any other primate, and normally found in water dwelling mammals.
A very wussy version, though. I think it's a Sapiens adaptation. Sapiens
leaves huge shell middens which no prior primate did, so Sapiens was
doing some swimming prior humans didn't. So, we have an adaptation
to help with dunking.
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