From: Andrew Clough (aclough@mit.edu)
Date: Tue May 20 2003 - 11:42:27 MDT
correct me if I'm wrong, but don't members of the same genus have to be
able to produce children together, like horses and donkeys? The offspring
are sterile, of course, otherwise they would belong to the same species,
but I'm pretty sure that half chimps can't be produced the "natural" way.
At 09:24 AM 5/20/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Sure to be hotly debated or *quite* some little time in the usual circles.
>You humans are *so* sensitive!
>
>Do chimps belong in genus Homo, rather than Pan?
>
><URL: http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030519-121031-7196r >
>
>"Ape has killed ape." -- Pierre Boulle
>
>--
>I am not here to have an argument. I am here as part of a civilization.
>Sometimes I forget.
Never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity. Don't assign
to stupidity what might be due to ignorance. And try not to assume your
opponent is the ignorant one-until you can show it isn't you.
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