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To: Loc123
Do not associate this with hostility, but could you cite your empiracle source for the gorrila claim?

A TV show about 15 years ago. If you don't want to believe it, fine with me.

I've never heard such a claim, but I have heard similar claims made which are later completely disproven. One example of such a claim is chimp altruism by Carl Sagan in "Shadows of the Forgotten Ancestors." In fact this was disproven by Dr. Ian Gilby's study of meat sharing as a hedonistic/selfish attempt to pacify beggers.

I've never looked at that.

358 posted on 12/06/2003 12:24:33 PM PST by #3Fan
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To: #3Fan
Thank you for being honest on your source.

Like my example and the many examples of humanist/liberal bias in the media, I would be skeptical about such claims. This is especially so if the researcher's meal ticket is dependant on sensationalism/their research has no practical application.
381 posted on 12/06/2003 10:30:01 PM PST by Loc123
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