--- In [email protected], Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hadn't heard of the theory, but it makes immediate > sense. I've often thought there must have been a lot > of water in our past because of the lack of hair and > the subcutaneous fat. Long hair on women makes sense > in that it floats and a kid can grab it. Same for > boobs. How to nurse a baby if your sort of > amphibious.
LOL...ya'll got this one wrong. According to Shrimad Bhagavatam, the Supreme Being is shaped like a human being or that the human physiology is the microcosm of the giant universal form, the Purusha. Even the human sexual organs are derived from the universal form. So, the SB does not agree with the impersonal view that the Supreme Being is formless and asexual. Thus, we note that most of Vishnu's incarnations are human in form. The exceptions are those of the boar and the fish. Nonetheless, Vaishnavites do not see any contradictions with this. For them, the Supreme can do whatever He or She wants to do. > > > --- hugheshugo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Angela > > Mailander > > <mailander111@> wrote: > > > > > > Last time I read an animal-language study it was > > about > > > dolphins and how they'd learned over a hundred or > > so > > > human words. It was also determined that they > > clearly > > > have a language and a sense of self. They refer > > to > > > each other by name, they gossip, and they > > recognize > > > themselves and each other in mirrors and in > > videos. > > > What struck me most forcefully in that study was > > the > > > fact that in all the time the researchers had been > > > working with these dolphins, they did not learn a > > > single dolphin word, whereas the dolphins learned > > > ours. a > > > > "Man always considered himself smarter than dolphins > > because of his > > achievements, the wheel, New York, wars and so on, > > whereas all > > dolphins ever do is splash about in the water having > > a good time. > > > > Dolphins think they are smarter than man for exactly > > the same > > reasons." > > > > Douglas Adams. > > > > Thanks for reminding me. > > > > Have you ever heard of the aquatic ape theory? It > > has long been my > > favourite explanation for the differences between us > > and other land > > animals, bigger brains, descended larynx, waxy ears, > > poor sense of > > smell, subcetaneous fat, webbed hands (compred to > > other apes), > > walking upright. It seems to be the only theory that > > can account for > > all of it easily. And it all needs accounting for. > > > > Whales and dolphins are descended from dog-like > > animals that went > > back to the sea around 50 million years ago possibly > > due to rising > > sea levels or maybe just because they liked it, > > we'll never know. The > > first thing that happened was that their legs grew > > straight out > > behind them, they lost body hair and their brains > > got much bigger, > > this always happens when an animal is forced to > > rapidly adapt to a > > new environment. They got conscious control of > > breathing to help > > diving, the added bonus of which is the capability > > for more > > sophisticated speech.. Eventually they changed to an > > aquatic way of > > life completely. > > > > Now, what if that happened to a monkey? We could > > expect the same sort > > of things to occur, legs growing straight out > > behind, webbed hands, > > bigger brains, conscious control of breathing (vital > > to man that one). > > > > Then suppose this semi-aquatic creature was suddenly > > forced back onto > > dry land Seems likely the upright posture due to > > legs designed for > > swimming could be useful for getting around, the > > brain would > > obviously grow bigger still and with conscious > > control of breathing > > you'd have even more complex speech and abstract > > thought. > > > > So maybe we never learned to walk upright, but came > > pre-adapted by an > > aquatic phase. Any evidence? Well, yes. We evolved > > in Africa and the > > mediterranean sea apparently regularly flooded where > > the early > > bipedal remains are found. > > > > I like the theory as it explains so much without > > asking for too many > > things to evolve coincidentally. Some biologists > > think it's a load of > > fanciful rubbish. > > > > I've really just scratched the surface of the amount > > of similarities > > between us and other aquatic animals. Here's the > > best site I could > > find if you're interested. > > > > http://www.primitivism.com/aquatic-ape.htm > > > > Elaine Morgans books are better, and not just her > > aquatic ape > > ones, "The Scars of Evolution" is a great read. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com >
