[eddie willers]

It is also possible, he said, that their resemblance to African Pygmies is a human adaptation to living in forests that the two populations developed independently.

Big butts are an advantage in the forest?

[Rytwyng]

Big butts are an advantage in the forest?

Yes. The body needs to store its emergency fat reserve somewhere... in a cold climate, storing it widely around the body helps insulate the person, but in a hot climate, better to concentrate the storage on one place.

[xJones]

Stop continental drift!

[Little Bill]

Big Butts store fat, a good thing in times of want. If you read Herodotus, the Pygmy lived as far north as lake Chad in historic times.