in the email today...
>Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 22:03:18 +0100
>Subject: The Missing Gene Project
>From: "cuckoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Invitation
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>After the acclaimed success of The Pinocchio Files The Somniloquy
>Institute's home page has been replaced by:
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>The Missing Gene Project : Why do we speak and (other) animals don't?
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>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
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>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
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