e species lived on the coast of Africa. She had the same problems as her cousin who became extinct. She couldn't digest grass and there were fierce carnivores on the ground that frightened her and no trees to run up. She did however, have water to run into when she was frightened and the carnivores didn't like to get wet. So due to this and the heat, she found herself spending a lot of her time in the water. She began eating small crabs and s!
             hrimp. Some of the things in the water had hard shells and she didn't have daggers to crack them like her mate did. So as attempt to feed herself and her child she used pebbles to break them open thus beginning to use tools. Her mate then began to use pebbles for skull bashing of slightly larger but harmless creatures in the sea such as baby seals. As she spent more time in the water she would go as far in the water as up to her neck. This would cause her to have to stand on her hind legs. She also began to loose her fur because of the heat. It also slowed her down in the water swimming. They spent most of the Pliocene in the water and evolved into bipedal, hairless apes with subcutaneous fat. This subcutaneous fat also filled the mothers breast in order to bring the breast and nipple lower so that the child could reach in and grasp it better to feed.
             In chapter three Morgan tells how because of being in the water the apes evolved to cry to rid the body of excessive amounts of salt in the body. She also says how because the ape was no longer covered by trees she had to deal with the sun in her eyes thus bringing about a frown. She also developed a muscular mass called the buttocks as protection for her rear end while sitting on the rough beaches. As result from becoming bipedal her vaginal passage swung forward. It also d
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