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"I would wonder why his/her parents weren't watching him/her near the water.

That doesn't answer the question. Is it a sign of high intelligence for a human child to, on her own, figure out that a stick will help her avoid the deep spots in the stream? Yes or no?

"And writing goes back much farther than a few hundred years.

In our culture yes. However many cultures did not develop writing as a method of storage until much later. An example is the northern plains aboriginals who passed on stories verbally and used other methods of communication than writing. Does that make them less than human?

"Look, if you want to be an ape, that's fine. I prefer to be a human.

You are an ape and a human, as am I.

[RunningWolf]

You are an ape and a human, as am I.

Sounds just like what she (an anthropologist) told me at a University honky tonk 25 years ago, I held it against her ;)

[RunningWolf]

Hey mlc9852,

here one for all /the ape is man/ contingeint.

And if two trains leave Chicago traveling in opposite directions at 60 mph, and one contains a carload of monkeys, and one contains a carload of evolutionists, how far is it before both trains have occupants with the same IQ?

Well, calculating in for the variable=(evo cultist).., about a mile? /sarc>

Screaming chimps doing head flips..., eeh ooh ooh, eeeh ooh oh!
..,train sounds CHOO choo choo, CHOO choo choo choo choo, CHOO choo choo choo choo, WooWooohh! WooWooohh! WooWooohh!

Wolf