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We couldn't have jumped from "close to a chimp" to homo sapiens. Evolution is a gradual thing, and if we've been largely the same for 400k years, then someone 4
by DougWebb 8y ago
We couldn't have jumped from "close to a chimp" to homo sapiens. Evolution is a gradual thing, and if we've been largely the same for 400k years, then someone 400k years ago could look back another 400k years and also see someone that's largely the same. So whoever butchered that rhino would be much more like us than like a chimp.
- radicaldreamer 8y agoEvolution isn't necessarily a gradual thing... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuated_equilibrium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuated_equilibrium
- pvaldes 8y agoNot necessarily. Chimps eat carrion gladly when available. Some chimp (cultures?) populations in Côte d'Ivoire are also known to look actively for marrow in bones