Posted: Jun 30, 2014 3:36 pm
Sendraks wrote:theropod wrote:
If I was naked in the bush of Africa I'd look for dead limbs from thorn trees and build a hedge/hut in which to to sleep.
And if you were an Australopith with their long arms and upper body strength, you might climb up a tree and build a nest to sleep in like chimps do.
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That would not have been enough, Sendraks, because their predators would have been big cats, that could climb trees and hunt at night. Therefore, sleeping off the ground, IN GROUPS would be the most effective defence.