tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post4269068654666360379..comments2023-06-15T08:13:20.600-07:00Comments on THE BIRDBOOKER REPORT: New TitlesBirdbookerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351789377382860169noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6338191661041257794.post-51973970951063872972014-04-26T16:44:43.090-07:002014-04-26T16:44:43.090-07:00Very beautiful book, but unfortunately outdated: T...Very beautiful book, but unfortunately outdated: Tuttle seems to believe that our ancestors simply stood up, but the evolution of wading/walking on 2 legs ("bipedality"), of upright posture (vertical lumbar spine), of "aligned" build (head-spine-legs in 1 line), of very long & straight legs etc. - which are all different things - is a lot more logical (in view of the comparative evidence) but also more complex than Tuttle thinks, google "econiche Homo" or<br />https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marc_Verhaegen/contributions?ev=prf_act<br />Tuttle mentions (& misinterprets) a 24-years-old & very short publication of mine (1990 Hum.Evol.5:295-7 "African ape ancestry"), he even calls me "she", but has apparently not read anything else I wrote...<br />--marc verhaegen<br />tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/AATAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com