At 02:39 PM 6/27/02, you wrote: > > From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Mark wrote: > > > > > > Take a look at old cave paintings, probably in > > > France. See any silhouette's of people's five > > > fingered hands? Now why would a caveman want > > > to show his descendants that he had 5 fingers? > > > The four-fingered? The six-fingered? My > > > surmise is another species of sapient apes, > > > perhaps neanderthalensis, perhaps another branch. > > > > > AFAIK, all land vertebrates are naturally > > five-fingered, and those that exhibit a > > different number of fingers do it because of > > deletion of one or two fingers [BTW, this is > > the reason why birds aren't dinosaurs, because > > the deleted fingers in dinosaurs are not the > > same as the birds] > >The six-finger human gene is the dominant gene.
Except in New York City, where you'll predominantly see a single finger . . . -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
