Why Did Homo Erectus Not Retain a Tail?

Assuming we could also evolve away the external genitalia.

If you genuinely feel the deficiency, you could always remedy God's blunder by strapping a broomhandle to your ass. Then you'd be a tripod, solving your balance problem.If, on the other hand, this is just some dumb talking point that drifted into your head while you were drunk, then in the sober light of morning you'll probably decide that you can get by without a prosthetic tail.Let us know which you do.

I don't know about you *, but my genitalia aren't nearly big enough to interfere with my balance.*This is not a request for information.

I was thinking more along the lines of comfort when dropping out of the tree and landing on the hard, hard ground.

"Mrs. Wiggins, can Billy come out and play baseball with us?"
--" Tommy, you know Billy doesn't have arms or legs" --
"Well, he can be second base!"my apologies......I'm going to crawl back to Junior High now...

Warning, bad taste:Why did God give women legs?

but man do it hurt when jumping on ones ten speed.

Where is mram10?

What's the name of a boy with no arms and no legs floating in the ocean?
Bob.What's the name of a boy with no arms and no legs laying in front of a door?
Matt.What's the name of a boy with no arms and no legs hanging on the wall?
Art.What's the name of a boy with no arms and no legs in an oil field?
Derrick.What's the name of a boy with no arms and no legs flying over the fence?
Homer.What's the name of a girl with no arms and no legs between two piece of bread?
Patty.What's the name of a girl with no arms and no legs on a clothes line?
Peg.

I'm going to have to object here to the Derrick and Peg jokes. Either they have no point or they are just too high brow. As for the rest, I can still remember the foul mouthed fifth grader whom I heard tell those jokes for the first time. Last I heard, he was the pastor of a large church in Atlanta.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

No need to worry, just got busy with work Adequate,
Please keep to logical discussions rather than personal attacks. If we were in the same room, I guarantee you would be more respectful. In fact, you should talk to people on the internet, as though they were with you in a room(most likely in your parents basement) As for the original question, I am curious why a tail was not retained from monkeys forward. Thank you for the very obvious statements regarding apes not having tails Earth shattering news.Point is, why is it so easy to give credit to the natural selection process, but not be able to give credit to something putting that process into motion?ps- as for the arms coming out of your temples ..... I am not aware of ancestral forms having those. Please link your evidence Edited by mram10, : No reason given.

I don't see how you could guarantee that, short of not saying any really dumb things. My parents' basement, eh? Do you consider that sort of outworn jibe to be an example of how to "keep to logical discussions", or are you a hypocrite? And as has been pointed out to you, it wouldn't be much use. Which you know, because you yourself don't think it would be much use. You aren't mad at God for not giving you a tail, and you don't try to remedy the supposed deficiency by strapping something to your ass. Despite your posts, you don't actually feel the need for one. If you knew why the question you actually asked was dumb, maybe you should have asked a non-dumb question, instead of getting all petulant and sarcastic when people address the question that you actually asked. If that is your point, then perhaps you could expand on it a little, as it's somewhat cryptic as it stands.Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

Mr. Inadaquate,I can guarantee it As for a tail not being useful, that is a ridiculous statement. Balance, open doors, scratch your back. There are plenty of advantages to having a tail.As for the rest of your comments, not worth replying to each..... as usual. Of your 12k posts, how many are actually of use? 20 ... maybe 30?

so god done goofed when she didn't give us one.

Dr Jones,
So you blame God when something goes wrong, yet you give credit to natural selection if you deem it goes right?