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To: henkster; Renfield
To me, “human” means the ability to comprehend “I am.” I doubt this poor creature was capable of that.

I dunno. If you look at a bonobo's eyes it sure looks like somebody's home. This guy might have been pretty close to a bonobo.

Let’s see the rest of the skeleton and then maybe it can be determined whether it walked upright or not.

Where the skull attaches to the spine is a pretty good indicator of bipedalism.

19 posted on 02/28/2008 5:54:31 AM PST by Grut
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To: Grut
I'd never heard of a bonobo until I saw an episode of NOVA last week. A very interesting creature indeed. I would encourage anyone interested in this subject to check it out.
23 posted on 02/28/2008 6:15:36 AM PST by BubbaBasher (It's time to change the changes we've been changing and hope for more hope!)
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To: Grut
I dunno. If you look at a bonobo's eyes it sure looks like somebody's home.

Actually, when I look into my dog's eyes I see there's somebody home too. I guess it comes down to what really makes us human. Besides a soul, that is.

30 posted on 02/28/2008 7:37:16 AM PST by scan59 (Let consumers dictate market policies. Government just gets in the way.)
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