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Joe,
At 01:59 PM 2/24/00 -0600, you wrote:
>That they co-operated in such an action is not
>necessarily an example of memetics; wolf packs cooperate in
>serially chasing down prey. Cooperation can be genetically
>encoded.
Based on your comments, I am assuming you have concluded that wolf pack
behavior (serial chasing down prey) is coded into their DNA.
Are you suggesting that baboon DNA encodes group rock throwing?
Mark
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