Since we share 98% of our genome with the Chimpanzee....and IF we are not part of nature, does that mean that Chimps are only 98% part of nature.
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:01 PM, elkmantom<[email protected]> wrote: > Bill, > > How could Humans not be part of nature? Are we not living organisms? I feel > as though this conversation is better suited for a Sunday school class. > Sorry... > > Tom > > > > > In a message dated 08/08/09 10:17:36 Mountain Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > An anthropologist writing on another mailing list wrtoe that "... human > beings, and indeed human cultures, have developed as a part of evolutionary > processes. This is something that a fair proportion of ecologists do not > acknowledge. At my Ph.D. institution, I have had ecologists tell me that > humans ARE NOT part of nature!" I find this statement remarkable, and would > like to know whether it is indeed true that "a fair proportion of > ecologists" feel that "humans ARE NOT part of nature". Comments on this > would be welcome. > > Bill Silvert > -- Malcolm L. McCallum Associate Professor of Biology Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology Texas A&M University-Texarkana Fall Teaching Schedule: Vertebrate Biology - TR 10-11:40 General Ecology - MW 1-2:40pm Forensic Science - W 6-9:40pm
