--- Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wrote: > >I think there were even some altered or mutated > humans, stronger that us > >normal types, much like _Andromeda_'s Nietzscheans. > > Ronn! replied: > >With two navels.
> LOL! I had completely forgotten about that. How > did they explain *that* particular mutation? I don't know anything about those shows/scripts, but maybe they gengineered double placentas, to supply extra oxygen and nutrients to these "superior beings" as they were developing? Hence two navels... the fetus _is_ in a more hypoxic state than the born individual (which is why fetal hemoglobin has different oxygen affinity/binding capacity), so one could theorize that growing in a higher-oxygenated state might result in superior brain power... :) Pure Speculation Maru __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
