>In a message dated 11/26/2004 7:02:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>I just finished rereading all of Dr.Brin's Uplift novels (thanks
>again, they were great) and a question occurred to me concerning
>chimps and humans.
>
>Since humans and chimps are from the same pla
>From :Warren Ockrassa
>But yeah, it's possible that after a few centuries of careful
>adjustment it would be pretty hard to tell us from chimps.
>(Interestingly I imagine the scale in reverse would be equally easy to
>achieve -- a few centuries of carelessness and we're basically back in
>the tree
At 10:37 PM 26/11/04 -0500, you wrote:
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The very fact that the 2 species cannot interbreed would probably be
telling...
I have often wondered about this. The differences are far smaller than
between horses and donkeys.
Is there a definite statement out there that chimps and humans can't?
Ke
In a message dated 11/27/2004 5:42:07 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Warren, isn't restoring those lacking charactersitics the whole
point of Uplift? After a good amount of progress on Uplifting the
chimps, they would be near indistinguishable as far as that went.
~Maru
On Nov 27, 2004, at 5:38 PM, Maru wrote:
Warren, isn't restoring those lacking charactersitics the whole
point of Uplift? After a good amount of progress on Uplifting the
chimps, they would be near indistinguishable as far as that went.
That's an interesting way to see it, sure -- but initially one
Warren, isn't restoring those lacking charactersitics the whole
point of Uplift? After a good amount of progress on Uplifting the
chimps, they would be near indistinguishable as far as that went.
~Maru
> From: Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Nov 26, 2004, at 12:23 PM, John Moynihan wrote:
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Subject: Re: Hypothetical Uplift question
> On Nov 26, 2004, at 8:37 PM, Damon Agretto wrote:
>
In a message dated 11/26/2004 7:02:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I just finished rereading all of Dr.Brin's Uplift novels (thanks
again, they were great) and a question occurred to me concerning
chimps and humans.
The chimps are the ones with better manners.
Since
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
> On Nov 26, 2004, at 8:37 PM, Damon Agretto wrote:
>
> > The very fact that the 2 species cannot interbreed would probably be
> > telling...
>
> Well, there go *my* holiday plans.
Just get a handy DNA-splicing kit, and maybe you can salvage some o
On Nov 26, 2004, at 8:37 PM, Damon Agretto wrote:
The very fact that the 2 species cannot interbreed would probably be
telling...
Well, there go *my* holiday plans.
--
Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books
http://books.nightwares.com/
Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror"
Since humans and chimps are from the same planet and have 98% of their
DNA identical to one another would The Galactics even consider the two
as seperate?
I mean when a Kanten or a Soro looked at the two, even to the point of
looking at the genetics, wouldn't they simply think they were looking
at
On Nov 26, 2004, at 12:23 PM, John Moynihan wrote:
I just finished rereading all of Dr.Brin's Uplift novels (thanks
again, they were great) and a question occurred to me concerning
chimps and humans.
Since humans and chimps are from the same planet and have 98% of their
DNA identical to one another
I just finished rereading all of Dr.Brin's Uplift novels (thanks
again, they were great) and a question occurred to me concerning
chimps and humans.
Since humans and chimps are from the same planet and have 98% of their
DNA identical to one another would The Galactics even consider the two
as sepe
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