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Chimps knocked off top of the IQ tree
The Times ^
| 4/15/2007
| Jonathan Leake and Roger Dobson
Posted on 04/15/2007 6:26:26 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
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To: truth_seeker
"Is it okay to talk about nappy headed primates, this week?"OK by me, but not Macaque (#5).
yitbos
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posted on
04/15/2007 8:08:33 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
To: Victoria_R
Just don’t call him a monkey!
OOK!
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posted on
04/15/2007 8:15:36 PM PDT
by
Laz711
(The Barbarians are in Rome.........CLOSE THE BORDERS!!!)
To: Ditter
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posted on
04/15/2007 8:16:53 PM PDT
by
SuzyQue
(Remember to think.)
To: bruinbirdman
I had to look twice and I couldn’t see the word >democrat< on the list. You would think it should be near the top.
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posted on
04/15/2007 8:19:24 PM PDT
by
TOneocon
(The reason there is so much poverty is because of the uneven distribution of capitalism...Rush)
To: TOneocon
Maybe I’m giving them too much credit.
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posted on
04/15/2007 8:21:45 PM PDT
by
TOneocon
(The reason there is so much poverty is because of the uneven distribution of capitalism...Rush)
To: bruinbirdman
Both orang-utans and chimpanzees share about 96% of their DNA with humans
What percentage of DNA does a iguana lizard share with human beings ?
95 % ? 94 % ? or 93% ?
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posted on
04/15/2007 8:32:54 PM PDT
by
pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: bruinbirdman
Yeah, right! ;)
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posted on
04/15/2007 8:33:32 PM PDT
by
GovernmentIsTheProblem
(Capitalism is the economic expression of individual liberty. Pass it on.)
To: bruinbirdman
I am totally disappointed with Babboons.
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posted on
04/15/2007 8:47:15 PM PDT
by
The_Republican
(So Dark The Con of Man)
To: Victoria_R
The Librarian will be happy to know this.ook
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posted on
04/15/2007 9:18:12 PM PDT
by
irv
To: bruinbirdman
The controversial findings challenge the widespread belief that chimpanzees are the closest to humans in brainpower. They also suggest that the ancestry of orang-utans and humans may be more closely entwined than had been thought. I don't see this. They later state that intelligence correlates well with brain size. In evolutionary terms, that's no different than, say, liver size. So the quoted statement would be no different than saying Orangs must be "closely entwined" with human evolution because they have similarly large livers.
BTW, the "widespread belief" that chimps are closely related to humans is a reference to genetic comparisons that make no reference to any particular trait, but are base on similarities between actual DNA sequences. In this regard, I think this evidence has to be taken as irrefutable, insofar as you accept the physical ground of life on earth in the spatiotemporal sphere.
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posted on
04/15/2007 9:24:08 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: Larry Lucido
That fellow on the left has a British smile!
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posted on
04/15/2007 9:27:11 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: GovernmentIsTheProblem
I find it ironic that this “spaghetti god” icon was conceived as a mockery of theism, yet is taken by theists as an emblem of materialism.
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posted on
04/15/2007 9:28:14 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: bruinbirdman
Smarter than gorillas, eh?
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posted on
04/15/2007 9:29:57 PM PDT
by
Nick Danger
(www.vvlf.org)
To: Nick Danger
Monkeying around huh?
Well no horsing around fella!
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posted on
04/15/2007 9:35:09 PM PDT
by
Syncro
To: verum ago
Only if there is a Tang reference.
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posted on
04/15/2007 11:00:27 PM PDT
by
xc1427
(It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees...Midnight Oil (Power and the Passion))
Comment #56 Removed by Moderator
To: bruinbirdman
Oh, yeah?
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:23:21 PM PDT
by
AndrewC
To: bruinbirdman
So this moves liberals down to what number?
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:24:54 PM PDT
by
highlander_UW
(I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
To: kinoxi
"I'm calling our lawyer! We'll see who's smarter!"
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:35:01 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
("I am not a number! I am a free tagline!")
To: highlander_UW
INTELLIGENCE SCALE
Rational People
Radio Talk Show Hosts
Politicians
Lawyers
Actors
Democrats
Pond Scum
Single-celled organisms
Liberals
Viruses
Rosie O’Donnell
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posted on
04/18/2007 11:38:48 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
("I am not a number! I am a free tagline!")
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