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Spitfire of ATJ

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Wed Jun 20, 2012, 04:44 AM Jun 2012

What Ardi teaches us [View all]

As many of you already know Ardipithecus Ramidus was an upright walking woodland biped with grasping feet that likely evolved as a response to a cultural change where females selected males that could provide food. Walking on two legs freed up the hands to accomplish this more efficiently.

I was thinking about all the movies we've seen of actors hunched over and we now know this was totally wrong as our ancestors descended from the trees to walk upright on two feet. Primitive man was not hunched over walking on his knuckles.

Then it dawned on me.

A true example of actual primitive behaviour it's taking candy and flowers with you on a first date.

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