HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APES AND HUMANS : With no answers WHY .
HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APES AND HUMANS : With no answers WHY .
Elaine Morgan, an evolutionary paleoanthropologist, makes the following
confession with reference to the vast chasm between man and ape :
Elaine Morgan :
Four of the most outstanding mysteries about humans are: 1) why do they walk on two legs? 2) why have they lost their fur...?
3) why have they developed such large brains? 4) why did they learn to
speak?The orthodox answers to these questions are: 1) 'We do not yet
know;' 2) 'We do not yet know;' 3) 'We do not yet know;' 4) 'We do not
yet know.' The list of questions could be considerably lengthened
without affecting the monotony of the answers .
Elaine Morgan, The Scars of Evolution, Oxford University Press, New York, 1994, p. 5.
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