In glory like their star subspecies

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From: maa32 <maa32 at dana.ucc.nau.edu>
Subject: (urth) In glory like their star subspecies
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:17:49 -0700
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on the subspecies with tails in In glory like their star:

Monkeys?

They are more genetically similar to us than a lot of animals we lump toget=
her=20
into the same species are to each other.

I don't know how Gene feels about evolution... actually, I take that back. =20
He's a Lamarckian, isn't he?  And he defends it on the basis that the usual=20
attacks are actually attacks on Lesenkoism or something... whatever.  And t=
his=20
means that the changes one generation makes can affect future generations .=
..=20
in light of all the dangerous chemicals that I had to play with in lab, thi=
s=20
is obviously true ... "Do Not Inhale: Mutagen - causes heritable genetic=20
defects" How many times have I seen that label too late? (And radiation and=20
whatnot)

An interesting statement that may influence Wolfe's ideas about evolution c=
ame=20
from the pope about three years ago: "evolution might be more than a theory=
."
(Catholics also enjoy some freedom from strict interpretation of the first =
11=20
chapters of Genesis: they illustrate a truth like Jesus' parables without=20
having to be literally true - their explanatory powers serves the divine wi=
ll=20
just as the parables instruct without having basis in "reality")

In any case, I know very little about monkeys ... do they live in the deser=
t? =20
=46rom Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, and some other cultural=20
stereotypes that might linger in the back of my mind for no substantial=20
reason, I think they do.  (Remember that monkey from the movie?  It was an=20
evil spy or something ...)
OK, just my two cents.=20
Marc Aramini

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