rebeccad
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Post by rebeccad on May 24, 2023 17:53:55 GMT -8
Sooo...when does my body start shrinking? I’ve been on this pretty effective Oral Surgery diet for a week now. Just make your mouth hurt a lot every time you try to eat something.
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Post by driftwoody on May 24, 2023 17:59:15 GMT -8
^^if this keeps up^^ My side is going to split.
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on May 24, 2023 19:04:43 GMT -8
I’ve been on this pretty effective Oral Surgery diet for a week now. Just make your mouth hurt a lot every time you try to eat something. Try an Okra Power Smoothie! 
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on May 24, 2023 19:06:17 GMT -8
Yes, cooler/colder climates favor warm blooded animals for obvious reasons. Contrawise, warmer/hotter climates favor cold blooded creatures. Species tend to increase in size in favorable climes. Wait...if this is true, shouldn't Eskimos be bigger than Samoans?
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Post by zeke on May 25, 2023 3:55:40 GMT -8
Aren't the tallest people found in Africa? Hasn't it been postulated that the height was a result of leaving the forest for the savannah, where it was beneficial to be tall enough to see over the grasses, and the longer strides helped in hunting?
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Post by reuben on May 25, 2023 4:32:04 GMT -8
Higher surface area to mass/volume is better for heat dissipation, which is another theory.
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Post by RumiDude on May 25, 2023 8:49:16 GMT -8
re: What about tall tribes in Africa and Eskimos?
Answer: Well climate is just one factor that affects natural selection. In general homo sapiens have steadily increased in size over the millenia for various reasons. Recently there has been a trend in humans becoming smaller in some populations.
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Post by driftwoody on May 25, 2023 11:09:54 GMT -8
Nutritional factor?
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Post by walkswithblackflies on May 25, 2023 11:46:09 GMT -8
Wait...if this is true, shouldn't Eskimos be bigger than Samoans? Eskimos are always wearing thick layers of clothes, while Samoans are essentially naked. Hence, Eskimos are warmer than Samoans. Basic science.
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Post by driftwoody on May 25, 2023 12:13:31 GMT -8
And when it gets extremely cold Eskimos will bring one or more of their sled dogs into the igloo to provide additional warmth.
Sometimes it's a Three Dog Night.
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on May 25, 2023 13:46:44 GMT -8
Eskimos are always wearing thick layers of clothes Nuh uh. Eskimo women wore thongs. Truth. #AnthropologyFacts /photo/1
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Post by driftwoody on May 25, 2023 15:32:42 GMT -8
Sleeping Bag Man! is a bad influence, putting images in my head I had not previously envisioned but now can't turn away from.
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on May 25, 2023 17:51:05 GMT -8
Hey, we're just talking science here. We go wherever the science takes us!
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Post by Travis on May 25, 2023 18:39:46 GMT -8
We go wherever the science takes us! Yeah, but I'm having trouble getting back from there.
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Post by rebeccad on May 26, 2023 6:58:08 GMT -8
And, just to make all you men-folk squirm, I’m looking at those and thinking they were probably meant, as much as anything, to hold in place whatever they used in lieu of a tampon.
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