From: Anton Sherwood (dasher@netcom.com)
Date: Tue Jun 10 1997 - 00:46:50 MDT
Curt Adams writes:
> As an aside, the domesticated primate (us) is the smartest
> primate of all.
Arkuat replies
: I see no evidence that any member of this list has been domesticated
: in the sense in which nonhuman animals have occasionally been
: domesticated by human animals. I rather doubt that the experience
: of being domesticated is an intelligence-enhancing experience.
By comparison with our hairier cousins, we have some signs typical of
domestication: lighter bones, variable loss of pigment and -- duh, I forgot.
Some claim we are inherently less bright than our hunter-gatherer
ancestors, making up for it with communication.
Anton Sherwood *\\* +1 415 267 0685 *\\* DASher@netcom.com
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