Not necessarily ~where~ humans found water – I understand it was lakes, streams, etc. – but our bodies seem so unnaturally built for hunching over a lake and drinking water. We don’t have 4 legs like other animals so we can’t do it very easily and I imagine it would hurt your back to be leaning over water like that. Did they scoop it up with their hands or something? I’m just curious if anyone definitively knows the answer to this. Thanks
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I’ll guess hand scooping because that is exactly what you would do if you were lost in a forest for days and then came across a stream. Without thinking I’ll bet you’ll just hand scoop from instinct.
How do other primates do it? How does a silverback gorilla drink?
Edit: I looked up gorillas and … they generally don’t drink water! They eat juicy things and don’t need to supplement with water. I guess if you ate a lot of grapes you wouldn’t get thirsty.
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