Author: David JohnsonDavid Johnson Date: Jan 28, 2008 09:37
> Let's say evolution did go a different way and we humans
> did not lose our tails. Every human would look quite human,
> but with a tail about as long as his legs.
So, apes would have tails too.
> Would that have changed human society?
Any change _that_ far back (and we're talking in the 20-30 mya range here)
would end up changing literally _all_ of history and _all_ of hominid
prehistory too. Changes could range from the extinction of humanity by now
- or never having come into being in the first place - up to a simple all
of history is different.
> Would humans have used their tails to strangle people?
No old-World primates (to my knowledge) have prehensile tails so no (unless
they use it as an attached rope...)
> Would humans have tortured other humans by torturing their tails?
Assuming they're sensitive, probably. Still, it's difficult to see them as
_more_ sensitive than a lot of places already on the human body, so it
would probably be just a small addition to the torture toolkit...
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