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Evolution or brain damage?

subcultureofone

19:28 / 22.07.04

monkey walks upright after serious illness

is this what really happened?!?

Joetheneophyte

09:38 / 23.07.04

no

there was this huge monolith and this monkey touched it

next thing he has a bright idea.........he kills a pig, beats the brains out of a competitor and starts eating meat

he then evolves (or devolves) into Ted Nugent

Saint Keggers

00:55 / 27.07.04

I think this will only really become an issue if its offspring walk upright also. But really interesting if the demand the return of "Brighteyes".

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

07:57 / 27.07.04

I don't really know enough about primates to bring much to the table on this one, but I have to say, it's one of the most interesting things I've seen in a long time, especially in its possible ramifications for evolution.

bjacques

13:30 / 27.07.04

Or it learns to say "NO!" But if it wants to conquer Century City (Calif.), it's more than welcome.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

21:27 / 27.07.04

Of course, the real question is can it say "Kill for Krushchev"?

00:41 / 30.07.04

Look, everyone. Apparently they've renamed him Lamarck.

Saint Keggers

16:43 / 30.07.04

Lamark? What the hell's a Lamark? Sounds like either a cheesy sports car or a cheap printer.

Jack Fear

01:28 / 31.07.04

gentlething: Shhhhhhhhhurely you're thinking of Lysenko? After all, Lamarckism--as actually put forth by Lamarck--isn't entirely incompatible with evolution as we understand it--although it does have a hefty God-trip built into it, and has been distorted by the so-called "Intelligent design" folks...

H3ct0r L1m4

03:57 / 04.08.04

I was so fascinated by this story that I had to write about it for the geeknews feed I'm editing.

it'll be interesting to learn how this will unfold; I guess Natacha has to undergo more tests in order to be determined what actually happened...

and I was thinking: what if the stomach infection left her with a constant pain that only goes away if she walks like that? and what happened to the other infected monkeys?

16:54 / 04.08.04

Shhhhhhhhhurely you're thinking of Lysenko?

Eh, yeah. Probably. I dunno, I'm a humanities student. Whee, art.

Warewullf

18:17 / 09.08.04

after a near death experience

Grrr. People keep using this term incorrectly (I'm looking at you, Sky One). A near death experience isn't what happens when you nearly die, it's when you actually die and are brought back to life.

Still, upright monkey. Neat-o. Wonder how long it'll last. Walking, I mean. Not how long it'll be before anti-evolutionists bash it's brains out in the middle of the night.

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