plasterscene t1_ivd114z wrote
Its a by-product of evolution. We share a lot of qualities with our genetic cousins, but at some point we developed the ability to swing down from the trees and make tools. IMO it's a mutation that goes against nature, but I'm human so might as well make the most of it!
herbw t1_ivdpxm8 wrote
There is not the slightest evidence that for less than 1 MYs. humans ancestors lived in trees. we walked on the ground and our hip joints and that kind of sgtructure shows we walked upright from H. erectus onwards.
I dnno where the ignorant blather that human ancestors lived in trees came from, but it has absolutely NOT any empirical anthropology or facts, that our near human ancestors did anything but walk on legs on the ground.
Hazzsin t1_ivdsood wrote
They still likely climbed trees for foraging fruit etc. But yes, they spent their lives on the ground.
Even today many tribes and rural villages climb local trees for fruit, coconuts, small animals, better leaves and wooden sticks higher up, etc.
Humans are still good climbers, just not as good as chimps and most primates.
za419 t1_ivdyt3u wrote
Human ancestors probably lived in trees a very long time ago, back before even the great apes split off.
Somehow, people take that to mean we went straight from trees to fire and spears and shit sometimes, which is... False.
plasterscene t1_ive46g3 wrote
Oh my god please get down off your high horse. There's always someone who's going to get offended by a harmless post on a subreddit. No, humans did not drop down from the trees and start building digital watches. You make so many assumptions in your post you sound like a deeply unhappy person. I make a fun post about babies and you feel it necessary to chastise me by dropping your basic middle school 'knowledge' bomb like you're Jared Diamond. Grow up.
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