I have to admit, much to my shame, I didn't spot the logic of the joke. Bad lemur! Bad, naughty lemur! Exrta-painful body-hair removal for the lemur tonight!Originally Posted by ShadeHonestus
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I have to admit, much to my shame, I didn't spot the logic of the joke. Bad lemur! Bad, naughty lemur! Exrta-painful body-hair removal for the lemur tonight!
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I apologize if my response was a bit imperious to an honest mistake...
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Isn't one theory about human males having facial hair pretty much the same as why male lions have manes - intimidation effect ? 'Course, for the lions it also pretty much armours the exact only vulnerable spot on the animal's body as far as the teeth of others are concerned - the throat - but you can't have everything.
Plus some lion populations living in bushy, semi-forested areas - where there IIRC weren't hyenas for competition either - have apparently started thinning theirs out noticeably, since obviously too thick and long a mane is a real pain for hunting among the branches...
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I believe the Org should have a Neanderthal recipe contest...
Here's my submission...
Cream of Caveman
1½ hours 30 min prep
Change to: servings US Metric
3 1/2 cups mamoth broth
1 cup sliced carrots
1/2 cup sliced celery
1/3 cup wild rice
1/3 cup sliced onions
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 cup half-and-half cream
1 1/2 cups cut-up cooked caveman
Mix broth, carrots, celery, uncooked rice, onions, thyme, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 hour, until the rice is tender.
Melt butter, stir in the flour, then the half-half.
Cook and stir 1 minute. Slowly add half-half mixture to the rice mixture, stirring constantly. Stir in the caveman and heat through.
mmmm,mmmm good!!!
RIP Tosa
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Oh brutha ..I believe the Org should have a Neanderthal recipe contest...
Here's my submission...
Cream of Caveman
1½ hours 30 min prep
Change to: servings US Metric
3 1/2 cups mamoth broth
1 cup sliced carrots
1/2 cup sliced celery
1/3 cup wild rice
1/3 cup sliced onions
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 cup half-and-half cream
1 1/2 cups cut-up cooked caveman
Mix broth, carrots, celery, uncooked rice, onions, thyme, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 hour, until the rice is tender.
Melt butter, stir in the flour, then the half-half.
Cook and stir 1 minute. Slowly add half-half mixture to the rice mixture, stirring constantly. Stir in the caveman and heat through.
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Is it only me who has this insane idea that the invention of clothing had something to do with the gradual loss of body hair?
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Its been more described as the residue of physical sexual display from earlier, but yeah that theory was thrown out there (the intimidation idea) but more for inviting discussion than serious theory.
No, but its been universally dismissed for the most part as the relative amount of hair loss after our ability to clothe ourselves was minute and in some populations you could see a retro increase, even in warm climates.
The loss of hair having been described in prior posts along the evolutionary chain.
Very true my friend and something esle that's interesting to think about is just how many upright walking apes there were at one time not to mention the fine line between survival and the extinction of the that which brought us to be Orgahs and not that of bamboo gnawing GAH's.
Last edited by ShadeHonestus; 03-18-2007 at 18:08.
"There is a true glory and a true honor; the glory in duty done and the honor in the integrity of principle."
"The truth is this; the march of Providence so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often only see the ebb of the advancing wave. It is history which teaches us to hope."
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