This is only a semi-serious question. If someone has a real answer, I would love to hear it also.
Why did humans lose their tails? Do you know how much faster and agile we could be if we still had tails? The fastest and most agile animals use their tails for counter balance, right? Can you imagine watching football with tailed humans?
So what was the advantage of losing the tail?
Yes, I know it is off topic and should go in the biology section...but they are no fun over there...way to serious.
2007-11-06 05:57:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
But do you realize the cuts I could make on the football field if I had a tail.
If there was a mutation in someone that grew a long slender tail that would help speed/agility....do you think they would be allowed to play sports? Do you think they would even be allowed to keep it?
Hey, everyone likes to play the speculation game now and then...
2007-11-06 06:05:33 · update #1
Apes have a spinal cord more adapted to bipedal movement, but which also led to the loss of the tail.
Now that I gave a serious answer, I'd like to point out the problems with tailed football. It would give the defender something else to grab a hold of after you run past him. Remember, they'd have tails, too, so they'd be as fast as you, thus negating that advantage and turning it into a disadvantage.
2007-11-06 06:03:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everything has advantages and disadvantages. A tail just had more disadvantages to humans then advantages. A tail is another thing that can get hurt, get damaged, be seen by a predator, and it requires more energy to use, more energy to grow, and more energy to maintain. The advantages of a tail are mostly lost through being bipedal. When running one two legs, the arms and hands can be used as counterbalances. Also, apes don't do a lot of running and climbing in trees. Monkeys use tails much more and thus have them.
2007-11-06 14:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It became unnecessary due to some environmental change. Individuals who normally would have died or had more difficulty breeding due to a shorter tail got to breed more often. Since short-tails now get to breed more often, the average tail length begins to decline. Continue until no tail.
Combine that with the disadvantages of a long tail, as explained by others.
Eventually, we won't have fingernails for the same reason.
2007-11-06 14:01:18 · answer #3 · answered by Meat Bot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different evolutionary paths. We don't need one. Same reason we don't have sharp nails or sharp teeth. They could be useful, but we don't need them.
But more importantly, the real answer is the Communists. Damn tail stealing pinkos.
2007-11-06 14:02:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'can you imagine watching football with tailed humans?' Yes I can get that picture in my head. lol
who here is old enough to remember donkey baseball?
2007-11-06 14:06:59 · answer #5 · answered by just because 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wasted body part? We lose things we do not use, like maybe our pinky toes in the future.
2007-11-06 14:02:33 · answer #6 · answered by some teenager 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans didn't have tails.... That is an evolution question....
2007-11-06 14:02:15 · answer #7 · answered by timmyboy26164 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too hard to were trousers with a tail
2007-11-06 14:00:52 · answer #8 · answered by bregweidd 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
APES, DORKUS!!!
APES DON'T HAVE TAILS!!!!
2007-11-06 14:01:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋