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From: damian@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Damian Conway)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Adaption to aquatic life (was: Questions about sex)
Message-ID: <2829@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU>
Date: 6 Aug 90 22:57:53 GMT
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In <1990Aug6.162409.24034@ioe.lon.ac.uk> teexmmo@ioe.lon.ac.uk (Matthew Moore) writes:

>(Morgan uses the elephant as an example of an animal partially adapted
>to aquatic life - rudimentary fur, some evidence for face to face
>copulation, webbing of digits, good swimming ability, and a built in
>snorkel).

Seems to me that homo sapiens fits in the same category, sharing all but
one of those characteristics. Any info on that?

damian
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