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Subject: Re: Monkeys stone herdsman in Kenya
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From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu>
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> Mark M. Mills made this comment not too long ago --
>
> >The attack required memes.
>
> And there ain't a general alive or dead who'd be glad to hear that, but,
> no, killing something or someone does not require memes- it requires
> forces and objects and motions, and motivation- the article describes
> thirst, so the motivation is survival. As to how the monkeys saw stones
> being thrown, well, perhaps the guys they killed were just getting it
> back in spades....
>
Baboons, while one of the more intelligent of the monkey specise,
do not pass the mirror test of self-recognition, instead attacking
their reflections as if they were unfamiliar conspecifics (members of
the same species). BTW, Wade; sorry; I should've used the word
"slog."
>
> - Wade
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