in the email today... >Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 22:03:18 +0100 >Subject: The Missing Gene Project >From: "cuckoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Invitation >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >After the acclaimed success of The Pinocchio Files The Somniloquy >Institute's home page has been replaced by: > >The Missing Gene Project : Why do we speak and (other) animals don't? > >After his death in 1994 the private notebooks of the British biologist Sir >Richard Thomas Beacon were released for publication. In these notebooks he >describes an "evolutionary mutation" that once took place in our genes. In >his research - testing the DNA samples of relatives, friends, primates and >parrots, and studying more than 1000 gene charts ('DNA fingerprints') - >Beacon discovered that some people lack the 'word gene' D2433, but don't >seem to have problems with their speech abilities. > >The Missing Gene Project is an hommage to Richard Beacon, and with it we >hope to carry on his important contribution to the knowledge of mankind. >Featuring: >- Information about Richard Beacon and his discovery of the word gene D2433 >- Its relation with the language theory of the American writer William S. >Burroughs ("Language is a virus") >- Why do people speak, why do primates refuse to, and how about parrots >(including 13 audio files!) >- Scientific information about the word gene D2433 and its location >- Online DNA-test (at this moment better known as 'spitscan'). You are >invited to contribute to the word gene research by testing your DNA online. >You can print out a copy of the testresult. > >The Missing Gene Project >http://www.xs4all.nl/~cuckoo/TSI > >We are hoping for your interest and contribution! > > >The Missing Gene Project >production: >The Somniloquy Institute >P.O. Box 25321 >3001 HH Rotterdam >The Netherlands >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >If you don't want to receive anymore announcements fron The Somniloquy >Institute, please inform us.