Friday, September 01, 2006

Ancient Sasquatch Shot Put Alters Human History


Early humans couldn't decide. Should we live in trees? Should we live on the ground? There's no doubt that the early homosapiens who chose the ground did better for themselves. But new evidence suggests that they may not have made this decision on their own. It turns out that Sasquatch younglings often threw rocks at the shorter, less-hairy pre-humans to knock them out of trees. Two points for a hit. Double if you caught them in your mouth. The dense canopy of leaves prevented a long, arching shot, so heavy rocks had to be flung vertically, up the trunk. This motion, we would recognize as the shot put.

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