The Aquatic Ape [Was: Asleep at the idiot box]

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Salvatore Volatile <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Evan Kirshenbaum wrote:
In time, the glands started appearing all over the body in various
concentrations and were exapted into an enormously poorly designed[1]
temperature regulation device. Why? Well, that's another story, and
I've only heard one convincing explanation, and it's considered
highly unorthodox, so perhaps we'd best not go there.

Erk, *please* tell me you're not still a subscriber to the Aquatic Ape
Theory. That's Kool-Aid, man.

If one dumps the Aquatic Ape theory, how does one account for the
streamline-aligned hairs on the human back?

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Nat

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