[extropy-chat] HISTORY: Solved & Unsolved Riddles

[CurtAdams at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/12/03 12:32:03, kevinfreels at hotmail.com writes:

>With just a slight turn of the usage, sticks and rocks could
>become sufficient weapons, even if it was a matter of throwing rocks to
>run
>a potential predator off. None of these would show as tools in the fossil
>record.

Chimps actually do pitch rocks and swing sticks at potential predators.
It's another culturally variant thing.  One experimenter tried putting
dummy leopards near chimp groups.  Forest chimps didn't fight it off
very effectively, although they did threaten.  Savanna chimps, however,
attacked and destroyed the model.